Professor Paul Dibb wrote the 1986 Review of Australia’s Defence Capabilities and was the primary author of the 1987 Defence White Paper Defending Australia. When announcing his Defence Strategic Review on August 3, Richard Marles stressed that the strategic changes...
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Defence unveils new PTSD treatment
A joint venture between government and the private sector has produced a new treatment for PTSD sufferers. Joint research between the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Department of Defence and the Phoenix Australia Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health has...
Opinion: No Place in Defence Review for Politics
The appointment of former Labor defence minister Stephen Smith and former CDF Angus Houston to conduct of a strategic review of the Australian Defence Force does not inspire confidence among those Australians with recent memories of senior defence...
Reactions to the Defence Strategic Review
With a former chief of defence and defence minister set to lead the largest review of the Australian military in decades, reactions toward the announcement have been divided. This week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence...
Government Launches Major ADF Review
A former chief of the defence force and a former defence minister are set to lead the largest review of the Australian military in over three decades. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles have...
A retired Marine 3-star general explains ‘critical military theory’
“There is only one overriding standard for military capability: lethality.” Lt General Greg Newbold USMC Many Americans, particularly our most senior politicians and military leaders, seem to have developed a form of dementia when it comes to warfare. The result is...
Defence Minister Marles promises military boost, closer ties with US
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has promised to boost the power of Australia’s military to avoid a “catastrophic failure of deterrence” in the Indo-Pacific, reassuring the US the new Labor government was totally committed to an ever closer partnership with...
Defence top brass have terms extended to 2024
The heads of Australia’s defence force have agreed to have their terms extended by two years, as the Albanese government declares it wants “some continuity” in delivering key procurements such as the next generation of submarines. Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles...
Veterans Named in Coalition’s Shadow Defence Portfolio
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced appointments across the shadow defence, defence industry, veterans’ affairs, foreign affairs, intelligence and cyber security portfolios. SAS veteran Andrew Hastie has been named as the Coalition’s shadow minister...
ALP Government’s Defence Ministry
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new ministry, appointing new leads for the defence and defence industry portfolios. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has been named as the new minister for defence, succeeding Peter Dutton in the...