Canada’s defence industrial strategy
The visit by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Australia has highlighted the Canadian approach to the changed global security environment. As part of...
125 years of naval service
The Australian Navy and Australian Army have commemorated 125 years of service, recognising the generations of sailors and soldiers who have served the nation...
Defence chief’s reality check on the nature of war
The deputy chief of army delivered an excoriating address to a major conference last year, declaring that "managerial and advertising logic and double speak"...
At 125, RAN most consequential decade
By Jennifer Parker*
1 March 1901 marked the establishment of Australia’s Commonwealth military and naval forces, the foundation of today’s Royal Australian Navy and Australian...
2025 Bateman Prize announced
The ANI is pleased to announce that the 2025 winner of the Sam Bateman Book Prize is Dr Albert Palazzo with his book The...
HMAS Toowoomba’s SE Asian FON trip
In 1991, a young sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy stepped off HMAS Westralia at the Port of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia, on the first...
Carrier strike groups: change on way
Naval analysts have long warned that the one-size-fits-all model of carrier strike group deployment is reaching its limits, stretching the tolerance of crews and...
A new Naval Reserve – tradition and future
By Tim Coyle*
‘The reservist is twice the citizen’ – Winston Churchill
The articles penned by Jennifer Parker and Commander Paul Pelczar published in the ANI...
Managing the US robotic fleet
Buoyed by billions in investments into robotic systems, the Navy is considering how it will manage the swarms of unmanned surface, subsurface and aerial...
Selling off the farm
By Clive Williams*
The decision to sell Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane is being presented by the Albanese government as a necessary act of...