HMAS Adelaide begins Solomons mission
Operation Render Safe 2019 has begun in the Solomon Islands, with the Australian and New Zealand Defence Forces working together with the Royal Solomon...
How best to defend Australia
John Mortimer
Little has been written in recent decades about Australia's defence strategy, aside from the normal run of Defence White Papers and the odd...
Ports Australia signs new partnership with the ADF
Closer cooperation between the Royal Australian Navy and Ports Australia is expected following the signing of a joint document recently.
The Guiding Principles...
Big sub contract to Australian companies
Australian suppliers Berendsen Fluid Power and H.H Machine Tools Australia (H&H) will partner with two international companies to deliver and sustain the Medium Capacity...
Collins refit should stay in SA
By Martin Hamilton-Smith
It’s difficult to see a convincing case on ‘national interest’ grounds for moving full-cycle docking of the Collins-class submarines from ASC’s Osborne...
China pressuring Vietnam on South China Sea
By Dr Huong Le Thu *
China is attempting to exert psychological pressure on Vietnam at a time when Vietnam is preoccupied. However, China is not...
South China Sea: what stance should US take
By Dr Rebecca Strating*
What stance should the US take in its dealings with China in the South China Sea? Considerations such as China’s threat...
Rules-based order under challenge
By Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence
To underpin economic growth we need a peaceful, inclusive and stable Indo-Pacific. Over the past half-century, we have seen,...
Big weapon systems but are we ready
By Nicholas Stuart*
Between becoming defence industry minister in 2016 and his departure from the full portfolio earlier this year, Christopher Pyne instituted the largest...
Australia cannot assume US role in Asia
Australia should work on the basis that the US cannot win the strategic contest with China for dominance in Asia, Hugh White writes.
Last month...