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Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12).

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Australian Army Corporal Jaymes Hasler from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment helps the crew of a Molongolo Brigade, Regional Fire Service truck, pumping up a flat tyre in Banks, ACT during the Orroral Valley Fire response. *** Local Caption *** The ADF’s bushfire assist efforts have continued in the Australian Capital Territory with support to evacuation and response measures during the Orroral Valley Fire south of Canberra. Facilitated by the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) ADF personnel conducted a variety of tasks including land clearing for fire breaks and emergency vehicle access and the mixing and loading of fire retardant liquids for aerial firefighting.

Let’s fight fires with the professionals

The Prime Minister should waste no time in creating a special military force to help combat natural disasters.

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) during their bilateral meeting at the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin on November 16, 2018, on the sidelines of Abe's visit to Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (Photo by Michael FRANCHI / POOL / AFP)

Area’s strategic value not lost on friends and rivals

It’s been obvious for years that other nations see more strategic value in northern Australia than our own government and forces.

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Many ways to conflict, few to peace

Australians could wake up this morning to news of a US drone and missile attack on Iranian military targets.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump from the USA at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France on Sunday, August 25, 2019. Picture: Adam Taylor/PMO

PM’s ‘golden opportunities’ must count

Here are four ideas Scott Morrison should put to Donald Trump during his rare, privileged state dinner.

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A supplied image obtained on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, of members of 16th Regiment armed with their RBS-70 watch over the battle field as two US Army Apache Attack helicopters demonstrating their capability at Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland. Talisman Sabre 2019 (TS19) is a bilateral combined Australian and United States (US) training activity that around 25,000 Australian and U.S. military personnel will participate in over the next month. (AAP Image/Supplied by The Department Of Defence) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

We can’t be neutral in new cold war

The case of the Chinese ship loitering off the coast to spy on our biggest defence exercise is just the start. Scott Morrison faces some hard decisions now.

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USS WASP at Garden Island, Sydney, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Risk and reward for Australia

There’s much to be gained from the Trump administration’s evolving strategy to counter the rise of China.

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The Sydney Opera House can be seen as a Chinese Navel ship departs the Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, Friday, June 7, 2019. Three Chinese Navy ships made a surprise four-day visit to Sydney, with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying it was a reciprocal visit after Australian naval vessels visited China. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

China is pushing us around

Fear of punishment is turning Australia into a regional lapdog for the communist power.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews a naval parade with Chinese and foreign military ships held in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Adjust the strategic vision

Canberra needs to get closer to Joko Widodo’s Jakarta and maintain a polite distance from Xi Jinping’s Beijing.

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Defence

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 17, 2017 Admiral Harry B Harris, Jr, Commander, United States Pacific Command delivers his speech on "Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovation in the Indo-Asia-Pacific" at the 30th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Fullerton Lecture in Singapore. China's military might is growing at such a pace that it could soon rival American power "across almost every domain," a top US military official said February 14, 2018. Admiral Harry Harris, who heads up the military's enormous Pacific Command (PACOM), warned lawmakers they must be wary of Beijing's investments in traditional assets as well as its development of a new wave of technologies such as hypersonic missiles and artificial intelligence. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN

PM starts upgrade of old alliance

Malcolm Turnbull’s late-February visit to the United States has set the ground for fundamental change to our security alliance.

Peter Jennings

Commentary

Former Treasury secretary Martin Parkinson speaking at the QUT Business Leaders Lunch about the challenges and opportunities for the Australian economy. Pic Jono Searle.

Martin Parkinson needs to bridge Canberra’s policy divide

The new Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet needs to encourage economic policymakers and military strategists to work more closely together.

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