By Michael Shoebridge*
The Labor government’s defence strategic review will explore how the Australian military is positioned and enabled to operate in our region as the security environment requires.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the review on 3 August and it’s to report by March 2023. That’s so that the government can make decisions at the same time as it decides on the path to give Australia eight nuclear-powered submarines within an AUKUS partnership that makes them safe and effective.
