Episode 9
We start with some corrections and clarifications and then look at the Robodebt Royal Commission and ask: are there implications for Defence? There may well be. The Royal Commission exposed many examp...
17 Juli 202320min
Episode 8
When does clever marketing cross over into something more nasty – namely the selective or misleading use of information? When you are the UK trying to sell a warship to Australia, that’s when. We deta...
10 Juli 202321min
Episode 7
More information has come to light on two topics of great interest: nuclear-powered submarines and the very strange purchase of SURTASS.In linked decisions of enormous consequence – taken with zero pu...
3 Juli 202319min
Episode 6
Some more information has come from the US about the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine acquisition – and it’s no wonder the information is being suppressed in Australia. We will receive nothing tangible...
26 Juni 202318min
Episode 5
Enough about the budget and DSR already! Now it’s time to have a look at AUKUS and acquiring nuclear-powered submarines – and it should surprise no one to learn that we are not being told the full sto...
19 Juni 202318min
Episode 4
In this episode: It’s worse than we thought. The government has confirmed that Defence expenditure will decline for the next two to three years – and there’s a lot of cutting and reprioritising to com...
12 Juni 202320min
Episode 3
Looming Defence Budget disaster – in this episode, we look at the analysis of the recent Defence Budget by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), which it calls “The Big Squeeze”. The numbe...
5 Juni 202318min
Episode 2
In this episode we continue to look at the Defence Strategic Review, which is not at all the radical policy shift that many of its boosters claim. On the contrary, in many cases Australia is simply ca...
29 Maj 202318min
