New Zealand is lifting its defence spending while deepening its military ties with Australia. But what happens when it needs to say no?
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A new survey reveals Australians’ growing sense of insecurity in the wake of the Bondi terror attack and global threats.
Australia needs to consider how to adapt its military tactics and preparedness to meet potential future threats.
In a time of global crisis, the strategy fails to tackle the thorniest of issues – including Trump’s America – with much clarity.
The government will invest between $12–15 billion in uncrewed and autonomous systems over the next decade to 2035–36.
She is the first woman to be appointed head of any of the services in the Australian military.
Even though the deployment is defensive in nature, it could still be seen by Iran as support for the US-Israeli air offensive.
Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.
Papua New Guinean soldiers were deeply embedded in the Australian army from 1940–1975. Today’s treaty can build on this legacy.
After years of warnings of a recruitment crisis in defence, new data show its suddenly risen by 17%. There’s a combination of reasons why.
The AUKUS sub project is crowding out other priorities across all three arms of the defence force. What does this mean for the proposed defence pact with the EU?
The major parties have made defence a central part of their election campaigns. A new survey suggests, however, this is not cutting through with the public.
By adopting a different military philosophy as its guide, Australia could manage its security largely on its own.
Moscow and Jakarta have sought to deepen their military ties in recent years, which should give Australia some reason for concern.
The Brereton Inquiry recommended reassessing the Australian Defence Force’s ethics training approach. Four years later it’s improved a bit, but could be much better.
The Australian government has released its response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Here’s what the response delivers on, and where it falls short.
Women veterans report feeling excluded from veteran support services and communities, their service questioned or diminished. This can trigger or worsen existing mental health conditions.
Reports claim the government is cancelling the JP9102 project by Lockheed Martin, meant to deliver an “uncrackable” comms network for the Australian military.
This harrowing account of institutional military abuse draws on interviews with nearly 70 survivors and analyses every review and inquiry into military culture (35 in total) since the Vietnam War.
After years of hearings and almost 6,000 submissions, the final report has been tabled in parliament. It contains 122 recommendations for change in the Australian Defence Force.
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Improving the Wellbeing of Veterans, Public Safety Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University
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Lecturer, Public Safety, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in History, Fellow Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University
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Professor of Economics, Tasmanian Behavioural Lab, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor (Adj), Griffith Asia Institute; and Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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