With Anzac Day looming, it seems a fitting time to re-examine our attitude towards and within the Australian Defence Force in light of the ADFA scandal.
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Crikey Says: Smith goes in to battle
Defence procurement bungles: we’re without amphibious capability
Australia now has almost no amphibious capability to respond to emergencies in our region, writes James Brown, former military commander and Lowy Institute Military Associate.
Joint Strike Fighter latest puts our defence planning under siege
Australia, in the JSF, has no answers. Just a painfully expensive toy that is years late in development, and already below the specifications of rivals that appear closer to entering operatons.
What would Faulkner do?
John Faulkner’s shift to Defence was a turning point in this Government’s approach to accountability. The government has been backsliding ever since Joe Ludwig replaced him, writes Bernard Keane.
Defending the indefensible: overspending and government stuff-ups
Australia’s Defence Department spends $26 billion and the shambolic waste and mismanagement in that department is worse than perhaps any other. Ben Eltham investigates the mistakes.
Russian jet adds to Joint Strike Fighter already-on-the-nose dilemma
The failings of the Joint Strike Fighter program are obviously, although Australia is yet to raise the issues with the US. Will Australia lead, or continue to be led by the nose into a project that is beginning to stink badly?
War no longer a battle of the sexes
After Greg Combet’s comments about allowing women on the front line, the defence force should prepare itself for a “seismic shift”. War will no longer be secret men’s business, writes Rebecca Wilson.
Former senior RAAF officers slam Australia’s defence plan
Three retired senior RAAF officers have published a review of the culture of learned failure in the administration of defence in Australia and the US, claiming Australia’s defence force will become largely irrelevant within decades.
Mungo MacCallum: Fitzgibbon, Faulkner and the cost of new appointments
Just because you’re paranoid it doesn’t mean that they’re not after you.
Laurie Oakes: Faulkner had better wear a flak jacket
No one who knows new Defence Minister John Faulkner wants him as an enemy. But he’ll still need to take care not to provide Defence’s self-appointed key keepers with ammunition against him.
Swan confronts the enemy within, and without
The Government used the Budget to push through a significant increase in spending on counter-terrorism, national security and border protection.
Defence turmoil: DMO GM sacked
Amidst recent turmoil in Defence, the Corporate General Manager of the Defence Materiel Organisation, Jane Wolfe, was sacked recently, writes Bernard Keane.
Political snippets: What are our diggers dying for?
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
Tips and rumours: Fun and Games in Fort Fumble
Chaos at the Defence Department … 360% price increase at Visy … recession hits Logies?
DMO to be cut loose from Defence Department?
Alarm bells rang across Canberra’s defence establishment this morning over the official report calling for the Defence Material Organisation to be cut loose from the Defence Department, writes Alex Mitchell.
Taxman’s defection is start of exodus tsunami
The defection of the second most senior tax official in Australia to the Defence Department has rocked the tax office and the government. Unfortunately for Michael D’Ascenzo it may be the start of a senior officer exodus tsunami, writes Chris Seage.
