US Vice President JD Vance used his speech at last year’s Munich Security Conference to chastise Europe for complacency in its security commitments. This year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Under Secretary of Defense …
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Last week’s parliamentary committee hearings confirmed the need for, and the risks of, the Defence Estate Audit. The audit was meant to improve infrastructure efficiency. Instead, it has exposed a deeper strategic problem: Australians are …
The release of the Defence Estate Audit on 4 February marks another milestone in the government’s effort to reshape Australia’s defence posture. It seeks to rationalise the commonwealth’s largest infrastructure portfolio and is a long-overdue …
An audit of Australia’s military landholdings and the government’s response to it, both issued on 4 February, mark the most significant reform of the assets in decades. Long expected, the audit lands at a critical …
The current debate on Defence funding, sparked by our 29 May report The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence budget brief 2025–2026, and a subsequent US request for Australia to spend more, has swung between a …