As the drum roll fades following the swearing in of Australia’s first ever female Defence Minister, I’m left wondering what we should now expect. While Senator Payne is the first ‘femmindef’ for Australia, she joins …
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This week’s update features Afghanistan, dishonesty in the US Army, Land 400, the PLA’s war-gaming technology, Houthi rebels, and women in combat. Over on Small Wars Journal, the ADF’s Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Smith released a paper …
Diversity and social inclusion have been key issues for Defence. The Defence strategy for cultural change and reinforcement, Pathway to Change, has mandated a focus on those issues, and others, in Defence’s cultural evolution. But …
Last week saw National Reserve Forces day, which recognises former and current reservists and thanks their employers and families. But did anyone notice? Over the last few months, there have been a number of policy …
In a new book (and recent excerpt), James Brown argues that the Australian defence organisation is fearful of what today’s ANZACs might say if they were allowed to. This means that ‘one of the ADF’s …