by Peter Jennings | Apr 12, 2024 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
This is an edited version of an address to the Sir Richard Williams Foundation Conference on the Multi-domain Requirements of an Australian Maritime Strategy My thanks to the Williams Foundation for the opportunity to speak. I asked the organisers to add the phrase...
by Peter Jennings | Apr 10, 2024 | Policy
Promotion in the Australian Defence Force is designed to be this way. The Chief of Defence Force is a“four-star” general (in Johnston’s case, admiral) promoted from a very limited pool of three-starofficers. Johnston is the longest-serving of the current three stars...
by Michael Shoebridge | Apr 10, 2024 | Policy
Angus Campbell ends his 6 year tenure as the chief of Australia’s military having delivered drift and inaction, at a time when Australia has needed urgent and decisive action from our nation’s defence force commander. Whatever his personal character and ethics, he is...
by Michael Shoebridge and Anthony Bergin | Apr 9, 2024 | Policy
The Albanese government has appointed former Chief of the Defence Force Chief Marshal Mark Binskin as Special Adviser to advise the government on the sufficiency of Israel’s response to the Israel Defence Forces strikes which killed seven aid workers in Gaza....
by Marcus Hellyer | Apr 5, 2024 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
It’s no secret that technological change can lead to companies having stranded assets, that is, facilities or equipment that are no longer profitable. Smart companies try to avoid this by future-casting, understanding their operating environment, and avoiding the...
by Robert Nioa and Michael Shoebridge | Apr 4, 2024 | Podcasts, Policy
Grumpy Strategist Makers Series episode 3 – NIOA G | RSS.com From a small sporting shooting goods supplier in 1973, NIOA Group has grown to be a major munitions and weapons supplier to Australia’s military and law enforcement organisations. Robert Nioa...
by Michael Shoebridge | Apr 3, 2024 | China, Policy
When asked about a potential ban of TikTok in Australia because of moves to force its sale or banning in the US, Anthony Albanese was right to say that Australia makes its own decisions on national security and that these are “based on our security assessments”, “not...
by Peter Jennings | Apr 2, 2024 | Policy
Reports surfaced at the end of March suggesting Michael Pezzullo, the sacked former secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, is to be “stripped” of his Order of Australia. This follows a closed-door public service review of Pezzullo’s conduct, after “hundreds of...
by Anthony Bergin | Mar 28, 2024 | Indo Pacific, Policy
The race is on to tap high seas mineral riches. The International Seabed Authority, based in Jamaica, is responsible for the seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. The ISA is negotiating this week to hammer out regulations for deep seabed mining. ...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 27, 2024 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Subs, Subs, subs – 5 big events in the undersea wo | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists cover US budget cuts from 2 to 1 sub in its 2025 budget, the UK Parliament’s report (link here) on the UK’s unaffordable defence plans & its failing nuclear...
