by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 29, 2025 | AUKUS, Strategy & Capability
So, is what we’ve just heard about the strength of Australian-UK relations and commitment to AUKUS fabulous news that reduces the risks and problems built into the nuclear sub pact? No. Does the new 50-year treaty, named after Geelong, a town in...
by Peter Jennings | Jul 5, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Policy
“It’s past the point that the failure of Donald Trump and the Prime Minister to meet face-to-face can be put down to diary difficulties. Anthony Albanese will not go to Washington – and it’s clear Trump is playing him.” Ernest Hemingway famously asked:...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 3, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Strategy & Capability
The Navy is systematically failing to manage and maintain the two largest ships in its fleet – the 27,000 tonne LHD amphibious ships HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide. The scale of the troubles is laid out in a 108 page national audit office report, with almost...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 28, 2025 | Defence Budget, Europe, Policy
Why didn’t Richard Marles explain to Donald Trump and the other 31 leaders of NATO nations that they don’t need to invest more in their nations’ defence to deal with an aggressive Russia enabled by China? Instead, they only need to focus on the quality of their...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 24, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy
The Albanese government’s relationship with the US Trump Administration is a mix of contradictions–needy, dismissive and critical. It’s hard to see this as working well for either nation right now, and the US probably cares less about this than we do. The personality...
