by Michael Shoebridge | May 23, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
In February, the Albanese government’s Deputy Prime Minister (and Defence Minister) Richard Marles announced that Defence would be taking delivery of the first of 11 new ‘general purpose frigates’ this decade, with three of the ships to be delivered to the Navy by...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 11, 2024 | China, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
The latest dangerous aggression by China’s military against Australia’s defence personnel – dropping flares in front of a Navy helicopter enforcing United Nations sanctions – showed us two things. Xi Jinping is happy to see his fighter pilots and ship captains acting...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Anthony Albanese lost control of ‘the voice’ referendum by his failure to lead the community. Now his government has lost control of how chunks of Australian society are reacting to the war in the Middle East. This time it isn’t about some political debate...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 7, 2024 | China, Indo Pacific, Policy
It shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that a Chinese jet has endangered an Australian Navy helicopter and the lives of its crew by unprofessional flying and launching flares in front of it in the Yellow Sea. This is just one of hundreds of similar aggressive and...
by Marcus Hellyer | May 2, 2024 | Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
On Wednesday 23 April, the Albanese Government released its National Defence Strategy (NDS) and Integrated Investment Program (IIP). The NDS was foreshadowed in the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) and is meant to appear every two years, replacing Defence White Papers....
