As the war in Gaza moves towards a conclusion there’s been renewed discussion regarding the...
The dangerous new Defence Industrial Development Strategy – jarringly out of step with our world
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The dangerous new Defence Industrial Development Strategy - jarringly out of step with our world |...
Defence falling further behind the excellence curve
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles has expressed his concerns with the...
New Defence Industry Strategy: a dangerous framework that’s wilfully blind
Defence industry minister Pat Conroy released the government’s Defence Industrial...
ASIO chief Mike Burgess says violent extremism remains a pervasive threat
ASIO head Mike Burgess’s annual threat assessment speech has been a welcome addition to Canberra’s...
Australian foreign policy shouldn’t be performance art – it should shape outcomes
by Anthony Bergin and Greg Rose
American comedian Will Rogers once quipped that, “People are taking their comedians seriously and...
Richard Marles: stop digging, start leading
Richard Marles and Pat Conroy, our Defence and Defence Industry ministers, are living the lonely...
Grasping the Defence nettle
Recent days have covered the apparent—and to insiders, longstanding—differences between the...
Lavishly funded but broke: Australia’s Defence Department needs a zero-based budget
The Australian Defence Department is broke. That must sound outrageous to almost every other...
Getting on the front foot to help pave way for Gaza’s future
by Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrives in Israel this week with an opportunity to develop a...
Indicators & warnings for a troubled Defence Force – & an unwanted but necessary Christmas gift
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
The Christmas-New Year Edition - indicators and warnings for the Defence Force - and a Christmas...
Labor adrift in a sea of foreign policy impotence
The Albanese government ends 2023 adrift on national security and foreign policy, like the HMAS...
Gaza statement a prime example of moral posturing
The biggest flaw in the joint statement on Gaza from the prime ministers of Australia, Canada and...
Prime minister Albanese’s strategic fleet folly
by Neil Baird and Anthony Bergin
It’s long been Labor policy to stand up our own flagged and Australian-crewed merchant navy for...
Where to after the dust settles in Gaza
by Mike Kelly and Anthony Bergin
In agreeing to ceasefires Israel has been put in a terrible dilemma. It must weigh one clearly...














