by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 6, 2026 | Featured
Defence officials are often accused of being unimaginative and bureaucratic. But when it comes to new ways to hide information and obscure even simple issues and activities from the public, Defence officials can be very creative. This hasn’t been lonely work....
by Marcus Hellyer | Mar 20, 2026 | Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability
6 March 2026 is the day we can say that transparency around Australia’s Department of Defence died, or more accurately, was executed. It’s now sleeping with the fishes, mafioso style. On a Friday, the traditional day for burying controversial news, parliament’s...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 17, 2026 | Podcasts, Policy
Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Aust | RSS.com President Eisenhower’s 1961 farewell address warning of the US Military Industrial Complex echoes in Canberra today – but with industry and products replaced in the Canberra version by...
by Lesley Seebeck | Jul 13, 2023 | Policy, Uncategorized
In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robo debt Scheme, Commissioner Holmes reflects how she was startled at the ‘myriad’ of ways the scheme failed the public interest. A fundamental failure was institutional—the Australian Public Service...
