Opinion

What would the Pentagon’s Yoda have said about the Defence Strategic Review?

June 13 2023

Opinion: Much has been written on the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) and potential implications of several of its proposals for the future. One recomm...

Opinion: In the Australian context, deterrence has evolved immensely since the end of the Second World War, and this evolution is set for another round of changes as the...

June 12 2023

UK’s Barrow-in-Furness gives a glimpse of Australia’s future subs program

Opinion: While it’s a lovely town, Barrow-in-Furness shows that the assembly of nuclear submarines will not create a vibrant local economy outside the walls of the...

June 07 2023

Small ships, big effects

Opinion: The introduction of a fleet of missile-armed patrol boats to the Royal Australian Navy forms a lethal and agile component of the DSR’s strategy of deterrence,...

June 06 2023

The unique nature of our service

Opinion: The families of defence members wear no medals nor uniform — they stand unrecognisable, and unseen in the shadow of their loved one — yet the ripple...

May 17 2023

Growing Australian industry involvement in the supply chain

Opinion: Building Australia’s industrial capability to support and deliver next-generation defence capabilities is an essential step towards building and enhancing national...

May 02 2023

The Anzac biscuit — a mixed bag of new ideas and old assumptions

Opinion: The public version of the government response to the Defence Strategic Review report provides clarity and many innovative new ideas, although set in a continuing...

April 28 2023

DSR and adapt – Implementing DSR as a wargame

Opinion: “Improvise, adapt, and overcome” are famous words from survival expert and former British SAS operator Bear Grylls, not seemingly relevant to modern...

April 14 2023

The way ahead unfolds as progress is achieved

Opinion: There is an unjustified poor regard for defence program acquisition costs and delivery dates. What the general public fails to understand is that in many cases, the...

April 12 2023

Ahead of the Defence Strategic Review: Why submarines, ghost drones and missiles won’t solve all our problems

Opinion: The Defence Strategic Review, recently handed to the Australian government, will have a heavy emphasis on Defence hardware — submarines, missiles, armoured...

April 11 2023

Filling the deterrence hole left by AUKUS subs

Opinion: There’s a hole in the middle of the discussion about defence, AUKUS and nuclear submarines. And that hole is what will be done to deter conflict involving China...

April 06 2023

AUKUS – the generational telescope

Opinion: The AUKUS announcement early Tuesday, 14th March, by the three heads of state from the spectacular setting in the US Navy Submarine Base, San Diego, California, with...

March 28 2023

Common AUKUS-designed submarine would be best industrial and economic option

Opinion: With the conversation around Australia’s nuclear submarine options of either Astute or Virginia Class boats now decided with the government identifying a pathway...

March 24 2023

Undersea warfare capability should surface in DSR

Opinion: Economic coercion, cyber attacks, aggressive behaviour in international waters, incursions into national air spaces, and other assertive actions have revealed China...

March 17 2023

Australian grand strategy is about continuation of our way of life

Opinion: What we need is a grand strategy that overarches the DSR recommendations and says simply that Australia and all Australians are committed to maintaining the freedoms...

March 08 2023

The lessons of the bombing of Darwin

Opinion: When war came to Darwin’s skies 81 years ago, a city’s fate rested in the hands of a few patriots, writes Luke Gosling OAM, Member for Solomon.

March 07 2023

Defence Strategic Review must tackle Australia’s drone vulnerability

Opinion: One of the most striking aspects of the Ukraine war has been the impact of drones. Global audiences have been enthralled by YouTube videos of Russian tanks reduced...

February 27 2023

In defence of democracy, Australia must become a serious nation

No matter where one looks, the democratic world is besieged — at home, we face the challenges of increasingly polarised populations, abroad, we face the growing question...

February 24 2023

Artificial intelligence must be managed to be effective

Opinion: A fast-developing area of AUKUS’ second pillar technologies is artificial intelligence (AI) and all kinds of applications. At the same time, the defence community...

February 14 2023

It is time to restore engineers to their rightful place in the world

Opinion: Has engineering had its heyday? This might sound like an absurd question as we enter 2023 with an energy crisis, a global shortage of scientific and technical...

February 13 2023

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