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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.
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
Red alert! ADF unable to cope with increasingly likely conflict
Perhaps in unsurprising news, there is growing recognition that the nation and the Australian Defence Force are unprepared to face an increasingly likely conflict, in ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Risk/Reward: Congressional Research Service report outlines opportunities of Aussie Virginia Class acquisition
A new report from the US Congressional Research Service has detailed the risk and reward opportunities associated with the Australian acquisition of Virginia Class ...
NAVAL • Fri, 09 Feb 2024
Facing the perfect storm of a ‘new’ Axis and declining US
It is no secret that the world is changing and many would argue – not for the better. But increasingly, it is becoming apparent that it is now fast becoming the ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Capacity for escalation, proportionality critical to delivering credible deterrence, especially for Australia
Deterrence has been clearly identified as the central objective of the government’s Defence Strategic Review, with Australia’s future fleet of nuclear ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 07 Feb 2024
Recession or depression? Australia’s economic insecurity precedes national security
Many have long believed that Australia’s economy is unassailable – our three decades of unstopped economic growth to continue forever – now, however, ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Fri, 02 Feb 2024
Calls for return of conscription raise question about what’s in it for younger Aussies
A cat has been set among the pigeons, with Curtin University academic Dr Alexey Muraviev calling for Australian policymakers to consider reinitiating conscription to ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 31 Jan 2024
Australia needs higher aspirations in order to unite, survive and thrive
Australians have never been more disconnected from the future direction of the nation across every metric, whether it is cost of living, educational outcomes, job ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Thu, 25 Jan 2024
If Europe is ‘ignoring the barbarian at the gates’, what are we doing?
Since the end of World War II, Europe has depended heavily on the United States for much of the heavy lifting of its security, resulting in what can broadly be considered ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 24 Jan 2024