by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Feb 5, 2026 | Defence Budget, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Deceased estate: Oz Defence sells the silver to fu | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists look at the recent ‘historic” plan for Australia’s Defence real estate (okay, a shameless Government asset sale of historic sites to perhaps produce a one-off cash...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Jan 21, 2026 | Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia’s Trump | RSS.com Marcus & Michael pull together a deal Australian PM Albanese can offer to his great & powerful pal, US President Trump, at his first meeting of the Board of Peace, with lessons in...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jan 5, 2026 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
Donald Trump ordered the US military and CIA to abduct Venezuela’s president Maduro and his wife – and in a stunning raid against the Venezuelan capital, the US military did just that. It was a confronting use of military force by America that will...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Dec 22, 2025 | Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Trump’s edifice complex gets Grumpy, & 2025 strate | RSS.com What’s in a name? The Trumpy Strategists Bunker showcases the direction of Australian policy in 2025, while the Grumpies ponder MAGA tensions from Turning Point USA to Susie Wiles’ cry...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Dec 12, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Europe, Indo Pacific, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
AUKUS gets steamy, & cherrypicking can’t make the | RSS.com Well, well, well. the Pentagon’s AUKUS review is out – well, actually under lock and key, but apparently its’ great news that is about “strengthening” AUKUS. Hard to...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Dec 6, 2025 | Featured, Podcasts, Policy
The hunt for Defence reform downunder: Mr Conroy & | RSS.com Marcus & his fellow SES emergency volunteers hunt for the “Biggest Defence Overhaul in 50 years” somewhere deep in the Brindabellas (WARNING: parts of this episode contain disturbing...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Dec 2, 2025 | China, Podcasts
A democratic lockdown fit for an authoritarian & m | RSS.com The Grumpies broadcast from Australia’s Parliament House while admiring the Government’s lockdown of our democracy’s capitol to make a visiting Chinese Communist Party member feel...
by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 19, 2025 | Podcasts, Policy
Australian industry gets more Aussie, while Austra | RSS.com Marcus and Michael pursue littoral dominance in Canberra’s Lake Burley-Griffin while pondering the Australian Government’s new definition of Australian industry, and PM Albanese’s defence...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Nov 7, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Indo Pacific, Podcasts
Trump ‘s Asia Tour; Crowned with success – and sta | RSS.com The Grumpies consider the net effect of US President Trump’s Asia tour, and are outraged he was gifted a REPLICA crown. They examine the idea of South Korea building nuclear submarines,...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Oct 24, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Albanese meets Trump: champagne all round – but a | RSS.com The Grump Strategists move back into their renovated bunker deep in the Brindabellas and assess the finely managed Albanese-Trump meeting. Full marks to PM Albanese and Ambassador Rudd for stage...
