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Steve has an extensive career across government, defence industry and advocacy, having previously worked for cabinet ministers at both Federal and State levels.
Europe needs to do more for its own defence: US Republican senator warns
US Republican senator JD Vance has issued a warning to Europe’s leaders, urging them to pull up their socks and take greater responsibility for their own security, ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
‘The country is so timid’: Former PM urges country to step up to the plate
No, hell hasn’t frozen over, nor have I bumped my head recently (at least not that I can remember), but I agree with former prime minister Paul Keating in his call ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Picking up the mantle: Molan Jr challenges government with calls for national security strategy
Erin Molan, veteran journalist and daughter of the late major general and senator for NSW, Jim Molan, has issued a challenge to both sides of Australian politics to take ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Enhanced, expanded fleet to reshape Royal Australian Navy
Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy have put months of speculation to an end, releasing the government’s response to an ...
NAVAL • Mon, 19 Feb 2024
Surface fleet review: Urgency, distributed firepower and numbers key to delivering Aussie naval power
Naval power is now front and centre for the Albanese government, with an emphasis on urgency, distributed firepower, and numbers set to transform the Royal Australian ...
NAVAL • Tue, 20 Feb 2024
Even America can’t have its cake and eat it
Since the end of the Cold War, the US has stood unopposed at the pinnacle of global power; however, as history has shown time and again, the sun must set on all ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 19 Feb 2024
All signs point to conflict: Chinese risk factors reveal a bumpy future
While 2024 started with a bang (no pun intended), what can only be described as a year of global transition is well and truly upon us, with all signs pointing to further ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 16 Feb 2024
What is in a name? Tier 2 surface combatants and the future of the RAN
Conjecture aside, there is an increasing expectation that the upcoming surface fleet review will formalise the need for a fleet of “smaller, more numerous” ...
NAVAL • Thu, 15 Feb 2024
If we’re going to have an honest conversation with the Australian people, we can’t avoid the ‘C-word’
With much of the Australian public still far removed from the realities now facing the nation, any honest conversation with the people is going to require honesty and ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 14 Feb 2024