Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy’s announcement of an Advanced Capability Investment Fund is an important acknowledgement that Australia’s innovation problem is not primarily about ideas; it’s about capital architecture. But if this fund is …
We rarely speak about the roles Australian business executives might play in a major conflict, and even less about how to prepare them for those positions. That’s probably because our defence and strategic discussions tend …
Australia needs a decisive plan that involves mandating a minimum share of defence contracts for Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Too many Australian SMEs face prohibitive barriers when dealing with Defence. Complex tendering rules, …
David Baverez is right: the world has left the comfortable ‘peace economy’ of 1989–2022 and has entered a ‘war economy’ defined by the supremacy of geopolitics over globalisation. In this economy, strategic resilience, not just …
Australia’s ambition to anchor the democratic world’s critical minerals supply chains won’t be realised by government action alone. Nor will free markets, left to their own devices, deliver the resilient, transparent and strategically aligned supply …
