by Marcus Hellyer | May 6, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability
The Albanese Government has released its second National Defence Strategy (NDS) along with a supporting Defence Integrated Investment Program (IIP). This follows the 2024 version. That was the first in a new approach to defence strategic policy planning which was...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | May 1, 2026 | Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers | RSS.com A Zen temple helps Marcus seek balance between the contradictions in Australia’s defence Strategy, while Michael struggles with a noisy kettle in the bunker. Australia’s new Defence Secretary...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Apr 17, 2026 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
The Grumpy Strategists cover Australia’s new defen | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists respond to Australia’s defence minister, Richard Marles, discussing and releasing the ‘new’ 2026 Defence Strategy and investment plan. Marcus sees the spirit of...
by Marcus Hellyer | Apr 17, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Uncategorized
There’s something very familiar about the Albanese government’s new 2026 National Defence Strategy, launched yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles. It continues the trajectory first set out in the previous Coalition government’s 2020...
by Michael Shoebridge | Apr 16, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Having read the 215 pages of the Australian Government’s revised strategy and investment plan, two things stand out as particularly important. The first is the almost complete absence of engagement with the changed America that is now our major ally. ...
