by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Apr 9, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to | RSS.com Back in the SAA Bunker deep in the Brindabellas, Marcus & Michael declare energy independence (okay, thanks to government subsidies) and ponder the details of the Trump Administration’s new...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 24, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability
In 2056, 30 years from now, when Australia has eight nuclear powered submarines (SSNs), we will have two deployable submarines consistently available. That’s assuming all goes well with AUKUS’ “optimal pathway” and we do in fact have eight SSNs in service. Expecting a...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 16, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability
After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up. Luckily for the Albanese government – but also as a reward for their steadfast pursuit of a perfect, early 2000s-style small military sometime in the late 2040s –...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 5, 2026 | Featured, Policy
It’s time to notice big changes in our world when it comes to how Australia equips its military and spends the $59 billion annual defence budget. As ministers Marles and Conroy put the finishing touches to their brand new National Defence Strategy, they also...
by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 19, 2025 | Podcasts, Policy
Australian industry gets more Aussie, while Austra | RSS.com Marcus and Michael pursue littoral dominance in Canberra’s Lake Burley-Griffin while pondering the Australian Government’s new definition of Australian industry, and PM Albanese’s defence...
