In a startling warning during his trip to Canberra this week, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said global security would be threatened if a peace deal in Ukraine was viewed as mission ...

Allied governments want resilient critical mineral supply chains. Investors want contracted revenue. Capital does not finance separation plants and magnet facilities based on strategic aspiration; it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

Australia is experiencing a once-in-a-generation energy build-out. Offshore wind and distributed energy systems are being ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...