by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | May 28, 2026 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Policy
Strategic Analysis Australia is publishing a baker’s dozen sets of questions on the Defence portfolio that we’d like to know the answers to. Hopefully senators have similar interests and will seek some answers from traditionally reluctant Defence officials. ...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 27, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability
Speaking last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles called the Collins class submarines “Australia’s most important military platform”. So it’s more than disturbing to read the ANAO Audit report on the Defence leadership’s disastrous management of the Collins fleet’s...
by Marcus Hellyer | May 20, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Policy
This post has an embedded version of Marcus Hellyer’s Defence budget Powerpoint slides. The slides tell a disturbing story about Australian military priorities, and the consequences of slowly building a small fleet of expensive warships and nuclear-powered...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | May 18, 2026 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big | RSS.com Michael and Marcus argue furiously over the merits and messages in the Albanese Govt budget versus Opposition leader Angus Taylor’s response. Only one of them is right….Then Marcus burrows deep...
by Marcus Hellyer | May 6, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability
The Albanese Government has released its second National Defence Strategy (NDS) along with a supporting Defence Integrated Investment Program (IIP). This follows the 2024 version. That was the first in a new approach to defence strategic policy planning which was...
