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Reviewing the Department of Defence (part 1)
18 Nov 2019 | Graeme Dobell

Australia’s Defence Department is a big beast that’s hard to ride, much less steer. The complexities of kit, costs and strategy have made it the most inquiry-prone animal in Canberra—50 reviews in five decades (35 …

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  • Department of Defence
  • defence policy
  • defence white paper
  • force structure
ASPI suggests
15 Nov 2019 | James Brorson, Malcolm Davis and Genevieve Feely

The world Bushfires continued to devastate the east coast of Australia this week; four deaths have been recorded so far and more than 250 homes have been lost in New South Wales. The extent to …

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  • Hong Kong
  • Middle East
  • climate change
  • space
Science, not fiction: modern batteries for modern submarines
15 Nov 2019 | Derek Woolner and David Glynne Jones

When we expressed concern about the Royal Australian Navy’s plan to fit the first of its new Attack-class submarines with an outmoded lead–acid main battery system in over a decade’s time, former RAN submarine engineer …

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  • Attack class
  • future submarine project
  • lithium-ion battery
  • submarines
Ice, ice baby—you’d better stop and listen
15 Nov 2019 | John Coyne

When the Australian law enforcement community continues to regularly break drug seizure records, it’s easy to assume that the supply of illicit drugs is being curtailed. Alarmingly, that’s not happening, and the government now needs …

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  • Australia
  • illicit drugs
  • law enforcement
  • methamphetamine
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  • Cybersecurity: people are not the problem
    4 Nov 2019 | Lesley Seebeck
    Cybersecurity: people are not the problem
  • Collins submarine maintenance: What’s best for the navy and its people?
    6 Nov 2019 | Rowan Moffitt
    Collins submarine maintenance: What’s best for the navy and its people?
  • Is the B-21 bomber a viable option for Australia?
    6 Nov 2019 | Marcus Hellyer
    Is the B-21 bomber a viable option for Australia?
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