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Funding on track but strategic circumstances worsening: the cost of Australia’s defence
26 May 2021 | Marcus Hellyer

Once again, the Australian government has delivered exactly the funding it promised in the 2016 defence white paper and 2020 defence strategic update (DSU). If the government was willing to recommit to the white paper’s …

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  • ADF
  • budget
  • defence
  • defence spending
Australia’s dangerously inadequate Taiwan policy debate
25 May 2021 | Mark Harrison

Australia has passed through a baffling period in public and policy debate on China–Taiwan relations. It has been prompted by a tactical step by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force over the last 12 months …

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  • Australia
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Taiwan Strait
  • politics
What’s beyond the F-35 for Australia?
25 May 2021 | Malcolm Davis

The evolving debate in the US about the future of the F-35A joint strike fighter may open up new opportunities for the Royal Australian Air Force to take a radically different direction in its future …

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  • F-35
  • RAAF
  • USAF
  • air combat
Covid-19 and the mental health crisis in the medical profession
25 May 2021 | Sean Farrell

Frontline medical workers across the world are more stressed, anxious and making poorer decisions, and they’re unconsciously telling us through their social media posts. Like everybody else, doctors and nurses have been struggling to adapt …

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  • coronavirus
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • pandemic
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