Commentary

Opinion: Gaza war needs realism, not Labor’s cheap moralising

Opinion: Gaza war needs realism, not Labor’s cheap moralising

Labor's reaction to Zomi Frankcom's death compromises the ADF's ability to fight and win future wars. Picture Gary Ramage When Michael O’Neill, a Tasmanian who was helping to evacuate wounded Ukrainians from the frontlines, was killed by a Russian attack in May 2022,...

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Opinion: Australia ignores lessons from WWII

Opinion: Australia ignores lessons from WWII

The past may be a different country, but has well trodden paths and byways. In 1938 politically peripatetic Winston Churchill seemed a lone voice against British PM Neville Chamberlain’s attempted appeasement with Hitler. Churchill warned against the Axis powers who...

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Defence’s biggest capability worry? Building its workforce

Defence’s biggest capability worry? Building its workforce

The defence strategic review brings into sharp focus the challenges faced by Australia with respect to strategic policy, defence planning and resourcing over the coming decades. Its discussion of recruitment and retention of personnel for the Defence...

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Opinion: Due process needs to be followed for justice

Opinion: Due process needs to be followed for justice

There are none so blind as those who would not see If CDF-for-life Angus Campbell has his way, seven senior special forces, some of whom served operationally under his command, will be stripped of their distinguished service awards. None has been tried or convicted of...

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Opinion: Planning for Australia to win ‘must win’ wars

Opinion: Planning for Australia to win ‘must win’ wars

The world is back to being a dangerous place. In Europe, Russia is fighting a major war as it tries to capture Ukraine. In the Indo-Pacific, China is building a very large, high-technology, all-domain military force, some say to use very soon,...

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