by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 19, 2023 | Strategy & Capability
How trusting of Deputy Prime Minister Marles to receive a scathing report about how broken the Defence bureaucracy is and to then turn to that same bureaucracy to heal itself. And how important for Australia’s security that he reconsiders and changes course. That’s...
by Peter Jennings | Jun 16, 2023 | Defence Budget, Strategy & Capability
Australia’s defence industry leaders typically operate below the radar when it comes to critiquing defence policy. That’s hardly surprising. The industry has one customer – the government – and business doesn’t complain about the paymaster. This has created a...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 9, 2023 | AUKUS, Strategy & Capability
It’s a real positive that prime mInister Albanese took the time to visit Barrow-in-Furness, the UK town which, together with Adelaide, will build the joint Australian-UK subs. His visit demonstrated that the government is committed to the AUKUS deal. That’s good to...