Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long

Australians have blindly accepted Albanese’s line on this for far too long

Bureaucrats who decide budgets may think we do not have skin in the game. We do. Just like Britain did when Nazi Germany coveted Czechoslovakia.

  • byRob Harris

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Australia set to pump $5b into UK submarine industry

Australia set to pump $5b into UK submarine industry

Australia will inject the money into the British industrial base over 10 years in a bid to ensure AUKUS doesn’t face the delays that have bedevilled past naval projects.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘They’re stealing our people’:Worries worker shortages could derail $11b navy overhaul

‘They’re stealing our people’:Worries worker shortages could derail $11b navy overhaul

A lack of skilled workers could derail the federal government’s ambitious plan to modernise the navy by building a fleet of frigates and drone boats in Perth.

  • byMatthew Knott
The big China gamble that could sink Marles’ navy overhaul
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The big China gamble that could sink Marles’ navy overhaul

The navy’s $11 billion reboot is fine on paper - as long as we don’t need to go to war any time in the next decade.

  • byMatthew Knott
Fears largest naval fleet since World War II not ready for war this decade
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Fears largest naval fleet since World War II not ready for war this decade

The navy will expand its fleet of warships from 11 to 26 vessels under a radical $11 billion overhaul designed to prepare for possible conflict in the Indo-Pacific.

  • byMatthew Knott
Floating ‘turkeys’:Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?

Floating ‘turkeys’:Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?

The Australian armada is sinking under a mountain of debt as it chases projects some argue aren’t fit for 21st century warfare.

  • byMatthew Knott
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First France,now Germany:Australia risks another ‘slap in the face’

First France,now Germany:Australia risks another ‘slap in the face’

A dramatic navy overhaul will double the nation’s number of warships and boost the firepower of the surface fleet,but risks angering Germany.

  • byMatthew Knott
Australia doubles down on army choppers despite warnings they are ‘obsolete’

Australia doubles down on army choppers despite warnings they are ‘obsolete’

Military experts say the war in Ukraine has shown that helicopters are increasingly vulnerable to drone attacks and becoming largely useless in a conflict.

  • byMatthew Knott
Frigates in firing line as government plans naval overhaul
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Frigates in firing line as government plans naval overhaul

Expectations are firming that the number of Hunter-class frigates will be slashed from a planned nine to six,or possibly even three,vessels.

  • byMatthew Knott
Stop burying,start mothballing:Defence urged to store old military gear in case of war

Stop burying,start mothballing:Defence urged to store old military gear in case of war

Defence’s decision to dismantle helicopters rather than give them to Ukraine has focused attention on a policy “from an era of unquestioned peace”.

  • byMatthew Knott
Marles rejects ‘fear-mongering’ over Greens’ nuclear waste AUKUS claims

Marles rejects ‘fear-mongering’ over Greens’ nuclear waste AUKUS claims

The Greens claim new laws aimed at ensuring the safe operation of Australia’s AUKUS submarine program will open the door to receiving US and UK nuclear waste.

  • byLisa Visentin