Defence

Australia’s Strategy in a Volatile Global System

Australia is slowly modernizing its defence capabilities. However, with the volatile axis between democracy and authoritarian states, Australia must seek to further accelerate and adapt their defence strategy in order to compete against growing authoritarian global powers.         Image: Image: Shutterstock – Steve Lovegrove Produced By: Timothy Nguyen Featured In Story: Dr …

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Judge not Jury

Its what you expect after seeing movies like 12 Angry Men A trial by jury – 12 of your peers to assess your guilt.  But in Australia it appears that Judge – only trials are becoming more popular.  Do we no longer trust the judgement of the ordinary citizen?  Will the jury become a quaint …

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Budget 2024 – What does increased Defence spending mean for Australia?

This year’s budget has resulted in a plan to invest $50.7bn in defence spending over the next decade as part of the Integrated Investment Program, aiming to increase the GDP portion that defence spending takes. From tanks to housing, small arms to helicopters, the spread of defence spending is wide, and aims to take Australian …

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Legal Action Attempts to Uncover details of Australian Arms Exports to Israel

Palestinian human rights groups are launching a historic legal bid to determine whether Australian arms exports are supporting Israeli forces in attacks on the Gaza Strip. Last week, it was revealed that Australia had approved 322 defence exports to Israel over the past six years. The figures released do not include details of what exactly …

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