Australia has a new chief of the defence force, Admiral Mark Hammond, and here are three issues he should take on as he charts the course of the nation’s military strategy. He should establish a …
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The Australian Army has completed a two-year internal review into the state of the profession and institutional reform targeting command accountability. This period of introspection addressed what Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, the 41st chief of …
AI is now financed across almost every line of the Australian defence budget. It is not, however, governed across them. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) commits about A$425 billion in capability investment by 2035–36, …
In 2025, Ukrainian-led opposing forces defeated NATO formations in two major exercises. At exercise Hedgehog in Estonia, about 10 drone operators with cheap first-person-view drones rendered two NATO battalions combat-ineffective in half a day. At …
Northern Australia will decide whether Australia will sustain combat power where it matters most or fail to do so before tempo can be maintained. Policy has settled on the importance of geography. Execution will determine …