By John Coyne*
A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it became one. As Tropical Cyclone Fina tracked toward the Top End, port authorities expedited the arrival of an inbound fuel tanker into Darwin Harbour to avoid a likely shutdown that would have delayed deliveries and left the region exposed to immediate supply constraints. (From: The Strategist. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute.)
