Security concerns drove the Australian government’s 2025 decision to bring Darwin Port, currently leased to Chinese company ...

The widening Iran war is not just another Middle Eastern crisis. For Pakistan, it represents a strategic shock with immediate economic, security and political consequences. Situated at the crossroads ...

Expansion of Australia’s fleet of Ocius Bluebottle uncrewed boats is an important step, but it must not be the last in ...

The main mechanism by which Defence is held accountable to the public for management of its A$20-billion-per-year capability acquisition program has ended. In a press release on 6 March, the ...

We should welcome the government’s decision to reform Defence’s approach to capability development and defence delivery. This will give a much-overdue opportunity to increase the focus on the future.

Thank you for the invitation to appear today in relation to the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill. I register my strong support for the establishment ...

Recent events in the Middle East have turned the fuel vulnerability Australia confronted during the Red Sea disruptions last ...

In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited contribution to help under-attack Gulf states detect and shoot down ...

One factor should dominate global strategic policymaking today: that the Strait of Hormuz will re-open only with the consent of the Iranian government. No amount of US naval power can either force ...

The Iran War, more than four years of Russia’s war on Ukraine and tensions in the Indo-Pacific have prompted most democratic nations to reset defence strategies and budgets. The strategic rationale is ...

Australia needs an integrated approach that strengthens cyber and space capabilities and builds a resilient, dispersed posture in the north. This would ensure that in any future scenario the first ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming economic cyber-espionage, but the protection of commercially valuable assets has not kept up. Governments and industry cannot rely on pre-AI defences to ...