Starick: Unknown curveballs that might just derail Mali
Challenges are shaking the state and Premier Peter Malinauskas is facing testing times, Paul Starick writes.
Defending Australia
Defending Australia is a campaign examining every angle of our nation's race to build military capability in an increasingly unstable world. Produced in partnership with the South Australian Government, ASC, Babcock, BAE Systems, Hanwha Defence Australia, KBR and Deloitte.
China is ‘preparing for war’ – but are we ready?
Donald Trump’s former adviser has weighed in on AUKUS negotiations and issued a chilling warning over China’s military ambitions. Watch the interview.
More Chinese warships set to enter Aussie waters: Defence chief
Australians should expect more Chinese naval flotillas to sail into our waters, the ADF chief has warned – and the Deputy PM says we know “exactly what they’re rehearsing”.
Defence Force chief: Our navy now ‘significantly more lethal’
From China to Trump, subs to space weapons, the Defending Australia forum was a fascinating glimpse into the future of hi-tech warfare and our national security challenges.
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Cheng Lei: How Beijing brainwashes its people and manipulates the West
Cheng Lei, who spent three years in detention in China, explains how Beijing’s leaders use coercion and brainwashing to create an “ant colony” without independent thought.
Edinburgh upgrade has our military tech hub ready to fire
More than $25m will be ploughed into expanding a northern suburbs defence industry precinct to help South Australia deliver military tech contracts worth billions.
Band of brothers: One family’s proud Port Adelaide tradition
For this Adelaide family, working at the port has stirred a sense of pride for generations – from using horses to load ships, to building advanced warships at Osborne.
Mali warns of other AUKUS threat as Trump review makes waves
SA’s Premier wants to charge ahead on the $2bn nuclear submarine yard in Adelaide, even as a Trump administration review threatens the project.
Australia needs offshore military might to deter bullies: Marles
The Defence Minister says our military might must extend far beyond our borders to “resist coercion”, as Australia goes all-in on fighting to save the AUKUS pact.
Starick: America first, Adelaide last? Trump wrecking ball looms
Adelaide submarine construction has weathered huge storms but can it survive the Trump administration’s AUKUS review? Paul Starick explores the possible results.
Downer calms fears on Adelaide subs build amid Trump review
Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister, who is close to key Trump advisers, says the $368bn AUKUS subs deal makes too much sense to be torpedoed in a new Pentagon review.
30pc union wage claim endangers naval projects: BAE boss
Craig Lockhart, the chief of Adelaide’s $45bn naval frigates program, warns the current union pay claim would make the project “uncompetitive” and trigger a crippling wage spiral.
Real-life Star Wars: West must prepare to strike back from space
“It’s not science fiction, it’s real.” Military experts say supremacy in space is the critical next frontier of warfare on Earth – and the technology is much closer than you think.
I was a teenage space nerd – now my job is out of this world
Bella Hatty used to spend hours gazing at the stars and moon. Now the 26-year-old is loving her “dream job” as a space traffic controller.
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