Originally published 16 April 2021. The war in Afghanistan has profoundly changed the Australian Army and had a significant impact on the whole defence force. Around 30,000 ADF personnel served in Afghanistan and 41 died …
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Former defence minister Kim Beazley has delivered a sobering comparison between how Australia dealt with the lead-up to World War II and the complex and deteriorating strategic situation it faces now. Now governor of Western …
Defence Minister Peter Dutton’s National Press Club address is more easily understood when considered in the context of Australia’s 2020 defence strategic update and the accompanying force structure plan rather than under the fierce spotlight …
DNA evidence has finally confirmed that a Royal Australian Navy sailor whose body was found in a life raft near Christmas Island in February 1942 came from the light cruiser HMAS Sydney (II), which vanished …
As the world rides the opportunities, and the disruption, of a rapidly rising wave of technological development, its most populous democracy has a vital role to play. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the …
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used a keynote address at ASPI’s Sydney Dialogue to add important detail to what’s known about Australia’s AUKUS agreement with the United States and Britain. In his speech delivered …
The speed of technological change and the deteriorating strategic context are driving transformation of the Australian Army, says Lieutenant General Rick Burr. The army chief acknowledges that technological advances are coming so fast that it’s …
A multi-disciplinary taskforce is recruiting ‘Australia’s sharpest minds’ to tackle the herculean task of providing the Royal Australian Navy with eight nuclear-powered submarines, acquiring the technical skills the nation doesn’t yet have to maintain them, …
American officials have stressed the importance of Australia having nuclear-powered submarines that are fast, discreet, with extremely long range and able to operate closely with their own undersea fleet. That’s a remarkable turnround in the …
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has detailed plans for authorities to more closely monitor convicted terrorists if they are freed from prison. In a speech to an online seminar hosted by the ASPI on ‘The …
In the lead-up to tomorrow’s census, cybersecurity specialists have been bombarding the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ online systems to see if they can be broken. The head of the ABS, Australian Statistician David Gruen, says …
Providing significant amounts of Defence funding to Australia’s universities could drive urgent national security research while ensuring the survival of the institutions and reducing their dependence on large numbers of students from China. A new …