by Marcus Hellyer | Mar 5, 2025 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Uncategorized
The Government recently released the 2024-25 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES) which are meant to report on how departments are going at delivering on the policy goals and spending plans set out in the Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS). This year’s...
by Peter Jennings | Mar 1, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Indo Pacific, South Pacific, Strategy & Capability
For years Australian ministers have said the country faces the most difficult strategic circumstances since the end of World War II. The phrase has been repeated so often its meaning has been hollowed out and replaced with empty political blather. Is there no...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Feb 27, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Episode 33 – Grumpy Strategists live at the Austra | RSS.com Recorded at the 2025 Australian Defence Magazine Congress, the Grumpies look at the world & ask so what? Oz is facing a national crisis due to events in the US, with Russia & Europe, &...
by Graeme Dunk | Feb 20, 2025 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
In the recent years, Australian Governments have made repeated announcements about building/rebuilding a viable, sustainable and innovative domestic industry for defence. The most recent example is that of Defence Minister Marles promising $262 million to get...
by Marcus Hellyer | Jan 21, 2025 | AUKUS, Policy
Everybody says they want policy contestability because it tests ideas and can bring new insights and rigour to policy and decision making. But there’s one thing my years conducting contestability on Australia’s defence and strategic policy from positions inside and...
