by Anthony Bergin | Nov 18, 2024 | Policy
As a child growing up in Melbourne, I remember lining up outside the huge display windows of Myer at Christmas, wide-eyed in wonder at the snowy dioramas. This year anti-Israel agitators announced their intent to disrupt the Christmas windows launch scheduled for...
by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 13, 2024 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
Many people are saying many things about what a second Donald Trump term in the White House might look like. It’s a mug’s game to speculate in areas where we can’t know much. However, on defence budgets and Trump’s expectations for even the closest of US allies,...
by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 12, 2024 | China, Policy
It’s time for the government to spill a secret: whatever happened to its ‘independent review’ of think tanks and universities, and what’s the future for any organisation looking for government funding to continue this work? Back in February, the government appointed...
by Anthony Bergin | Oct 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare recently accused Israel of not complying with international law in bombing hospitals and schools. In war, hospitals aren’t protected if they’re used for non-hospital military purposes. If they are used for...
by Peter Jennings | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
A year after the Hamas atrocities, put to one side the street theatre of protests and Labor’s confused talking points and ask: what really is happening in the Middle East? On October 7 last year Israel suffered the worst intelligence and defence failure since the...
