Last week the Liberal Party released its defence policy (slightly) ahead of Saturday’s federal...
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Grumpy Strategists Episode 39: Elections, defence, cash, chainsaws and long bonnet syndrome.
Episode 39 of the Grumpies is available as a video podcast here on YouTube or here as an audio...
Peter Dutton fires a late salvo and declares war on defence drift
At last we have a measurable and important policy difference between Labor and the Coalition with...
The Coalition’s defence funding: new dollars can hedge strategic risks
The Coalition’s announcement that it will increase defence spending is a long overdue...
Dutton’s defence policy must buy increased military power, fast
It’s been an extraordinary gap in the debate around our federal election that no one has got to...
Defence 2025: Dollars and decisions
This report comes at an unusual moment for Australian security. We’re in the middle of a federal...
The Grumpies’ Heard Island Edition: a risky America, determined penguins – & Australians see nothing happening.
The Grumpy Heard Island Edition: a risky America, | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists visit Trump...
Australia’s 2025-26 Defence Budget: $59 billion, but the Government’s still missing its moment
Cometh the moment, cometh the man goes the old saying. And the moment has certainly come. We have...
Australia’s defence needs more than hot air
We are in an age of upheaval. President Donald Trump’s actions are accelerating many of...
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit ‘Slowrollin’ & try the new Coke Zero flavour of US alliances
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit Sl | RSS.com Not since Run DMC & Aerosmith did...
No Higher Priority – urgent actions on defence for Australia’s next government
This is unbelievable: FINALLY, the book you have all been waiting for 'No Higher Priority'. One...
DOGE and American military power – there’s a tsunami coming
Elon Musk has the goal of saving $US1 trillion dollars from the US Federal Government’s...
The 2025 Defence budget update: still sleeping walking to disaster
The Government recently released the 2024-25 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)...
Grumpies live at the Australian Defence Magazine 2025 Congress – Episode 33
Episode 33 - Grumpy Strategists live at the Austra | RSS.com Recorded at the 2025 Australian...
Defence’s murky export statistics
One of the challenges facing those who attempt to scrutinise the performance of the Australian...