by Peter Jennings | Dec 30, 2023 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
The Albanese government ends 2023 adrift on national security and foreign policy, like the HMAS Toowoomba in the Sea of Japan a few weeks ago, propellers snarled and hostile forces looming. Four examples from late December expose Anthony Albanese’s malaise: failing to...
by Michael Shoebridge | Dec 21, 2023 | Strategy & Capability
The Australian navy is small and its ships are ageing. In our region and elsewhere, it has fundamentally failed to keep up with the threats that confront Australia. The Albanese government’s response to an informal US request to send a warship into the Red Sea to...
by Neil Baird and Anthony Bergin | Dec 12, 2023 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
It’s long been Labor policy to stand up our own flagged and Australian-crewed merchant navy for the nation and its defence. Less than one per cent of Australian seaborne trade is carried by Australian ships. The Australian fleet currently stands at 15 vessels over...
by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 18, 2023 | China, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
At APEC in San Fransisco, Mr Albanese told us this about his meeting there with Xi Jinping “I also had an opportunity to meet with President Xi and to thank him for the welcome and the discussions that we had in my visit to China recently.” He added: On ‘breakthroughs...
by Peter Jennings | Nov 17, 2023 | Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
In a brief media doorstop after arriving in San Francisco, Anthony Albanese used the word “important” 11 times to describe his visit and the necessity of attending APEC. He said seven times that he was “catching up” with various leaders, from presidents Joe Biden and...
