85th year WRANS commemoration
28 April 2026 marked 85 years since the formation of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS). The WRANS was established in April 1941...
No criticism please – we’re politicians
By Tim Coyle*
‘Reflecting frustration within the government at claims it has not spent enough on defence, (Defence Minister) Marles said military spending did not...
Naval History Conference: call for papers
Call for Papers: To Fight and Win at Sea:125 Years of Australian Naval History. Hosted by: Sea Power Centre–Australia | Australian Naval Institute. Save the Date...
NDS: not enough new stuff
By Peter Layton*
Sometimes new government strategies really aren’t newsworthy. The 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS) is like that. The biggest headline from the document...
ANI welcomes top defence appointments
Nomination of Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AO RAN as Chief of the Defence Force and Rear Admiral Matthew Buckley AM CSC RAN as Chief...
First naval nuclear course begun in WA
Western Australia’s first naval nuclear foundations training course has been launched, developed in partnership with Curtin University to support AUKUS and the future sustainment...
US CNO visits Australia & Singapore
The US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle traveled more than 18,000 miles across the US Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility during a...
ADF-NZDF Cyber Agreement
The Five Eyes Defence Cyber Contact Group Conference in Melbourne during March marked a significant step forward in trans-Tasman cyber cooperation. The New Zealand...
Australia’s maritime vulnerability
By Jennifer Parker*
Paranoia about fuel supplies has suddenly entered Australia’s mainstream debate, as Canberra wakes up and starts counting how many frigates and destroyers...
Fast, fluent, flawed: AI all at sea
By CMDR Paul D Pelczar, OAM, RAN*
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
— Daniel J. Boorstin
Daniel J....