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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.
Further Chinese crackdown in Hong Kong sends renewed warning to region
With the People’s Liberation Army massing on the border of Hong Kong and a series of renewed pro-democracy riots, the message to the Indo-Pacific is becoming clearer by ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Wed, 14 Aug 2019
Hundreds of jobs to flow from first Defence Export Facility Loan
Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has welcomed the first contract to be awarded as part of the Commonwealth government’s Defence Export Facility to help small ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Assistant Defence Minister visits Tuvalu for Pacific Islands Forum
New Assistant Defence Minister and Minister for International Development and the Pacific Alex Hawke has travelled to Tuvalu to represent Australia at the 50th Pacific ...
Australia renews commitment to combating illegal fishing
Australia is continuing its contribution in the fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the Southwest Pacific with the latest iteration of Operation ...
Debate continues to limit Australia’s future in an era of rising great powers
Almost like taking a leaf out of the book of Neville Chamberlain, Australia’s strategic policy community has used the language of defeat and accommodation to focus on ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Tue, 13 Aug 2019
Growing focus on Indian Ocean for new Defence Minister
Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has reinforced Australia’s position as an Indian Ocean power during a speech at the Indo-Pacific Conference hosted in Perth, highlighting ...
Calls for expressions of interest to attend Japan trade mission
The CDIC and Australian Defence Export Office is calling for expressions of interest from Australia's defence industry to participate in a trade mission to Japan later in ...
JOINT-CAPABILITIES • Mon, 12 Aug 2019
WA government positions itself to support Collins Class maintenance
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan and Minister for Defence Issues Paul Papalia have responded to two studies into the Collins Class submarine full-cycle docking ...
NAVAL • Mon, 12 Aug 2019
Is it time to modernise the Two Ocean policy?
Australia’s Two Ocean policy, established in the late 1980s, marked a major shift in the naval force posture of the Royal Australian Navy as it shifted away from the last ...
GEOPOLITICS & POLICY • Mon, 12 Aug 2019