What Israel’s Gaza ground invasion may look like
As the IDF prepares for a ground offensive that could include lethal house-to-house fighting in Gaza, previous operations against Hamas offer crucial clues.
As the IDF prepares for a ground offensive that could include lethal house-to-house fighting in Gaza, previous operations against Hamas offer crucial clues.
Anthony Albanese won’t tackle the hard calls needed to strengthen our security – such as cancelling China’s Port of Darwin lease – for the sake of a drama-free Beijing trip.
In the event of a Yes win, our international partners will want to know the details about how the voice will work – the answer to that question is we don’t even know.
The dirty secret of Australia’s approach to defence is that it’s just a political axis of cheapness, big talk and free riding. Beijing knows that, so does the Solomons’ Sogavare, and so do we.
Thanks to government and Defence management failures, Richard Marles knows almost nothing can be done to significantly up-gun the ADF within the decade.
The real problem is the chronically unskilled public service and politicians overconfident about their ability to make stuff up and call it policy.
Much media reporting will focus on the royal commission’s referral of individuals for civil action or criminal prosecution. But more important than headhunting are problems that have become systemic in Australian policymaking.
At a pivotal moment in global security, Defence is protecting its budget priorities and the government is hiding behind that old canard: ‘military advice’.
Defence will remain ‘not fit for purpose’ for the life of this government unless the PM chooses to set new directions.
We run the risk of being called on to defend one of the few successful liberal democracies in the Indo-Pacific without a substantive military or intelligence relationship.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/peter-jennings/page/6