Defence White Paper
Clearly, the cost-cutting in the Defence Department has already begun. While the 2000 Defence White Paper had an ample supply of stock photos, the 2009 White Paper‘s only image is the three submarines on the front cover. Not a diagram, [...]
Hugh White – maritime denial for the 21st century
Hugh White, former adviser to Hawke and Beazley on defence matters and now an academic at ANU, has written his own analysis of Australia’s military requirements – a sort of alternative Defence White Paper, which unlike the official version has [...]
Skipper, I have the conn…er…skipper?…able seaman?…work experience kid???
We haven’t had a warporn thread for a while, as the government’s Defence White Paper is still in limbo. But it seems that various bits and pieces are starting to emerge, so to speak. The ABC is reporting that the [...]
The upcoming year in reviews
While navigating the CPRS – sludge of a policy that it is – through the Senate will undoubtedly provide much of the political theatre this year, there are a number of other government reviews that will start to report back [...]
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