by Marcus Hellyer | Sep 11, 2024 | AUKUS, Policy
Among all the claims made about Australia’s plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the AUKUS partnership, one of the most misleading is the suggestion from its supporters that it will generate economic growth. This is fundamentally incorrect. Defence...
by David Harvey | Aug 23, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
One of the spurious reasons for not using Australian industry in Australian platforms is that there are very few Australian original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of the equipment installed in ships, vehicles and aircraft. Yet Defence’s insistence on dealing...
by Michael Shoebridge | Aug 13, 2024 | AUKUS, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
We’ve had recent announcements from AUSMIN and AUKUS, the two acronyms describing our peak US-Australia alliance system that combine to show Australia’s defence strategy in action. Together, they demonstrate that Australia’s plan is to rely on US industrial...
by Peter Jennings | Aug 8, 2024 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
The Albanese government has given us two defence ministers: Richard “Call me Deputy Prime Minister” Marles and his tireless workmate, Pat Conroy. No one should be surprised to learn the government also has two defence policies. First there is the policy of expanding...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 30, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
$800 million developing ‘Ghost Bat’, which was meant to be ‘Australia’s first locally designed combat aircraft in 50 years’, turns out to now be being spent on a platform that will carry sensors instead of weapons. This is an own goal, with a firehose of public...
