by Marcus Hellyer | Feb 4, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
Last year I warned about the proliferation of unsubstantiated claims about the economic benefits to Australia of AUKUS and the domestic construction of nuclear submarines. Such claims are nonsense. All economists will tell you that defence spending simply transfers...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jan 20, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
In his second incarnation as US President, Donald Trump will be more certain of his own instincts and much more demanding than the Trump we saw between 2016 and 2020. That is big news for Australia, particularly because of President Trump’s approach to alliances...
by Marcus Hellyer, Peter Jennings and Michael Shoebridge | Jan 14, 2025 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
No-one wants war, but the risk of conflict in our region is substantially growing, and we could well find ourselves in war whether we want it or not. The challenge now is to rapidly strengthen the Australian Defence Force with the goal that our efforts, along with our...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Dec 1, 2024 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Defence’s disappointing Annual Report & Hypersoni | RSS.com In Episode 30, Marcus and Michael look at what the numbers in Defence’s Annual Report tell us about Defence’s ‘fasttracked’ work on missiles, helicopters & ships. The...
by Michael Shoebridge, Peter Jennings and Marcus Hellyer | Nov 29, 2024 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
This is the third report in the IPA-SAA Blueprint for Defence series that provides an action plan for reforming Defence. This new report focuses on what needs to change in how Defence acquires weapons and systems. It sets out how the Government in office after next...
