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The battle beneath Australia’s seas
9 June 2026 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian Defence Supplement on 2 June 2026 Image: The first Speartooth LUUV is handed over to the US Navy at C2 Robotics’ Melbourne site. From left, RAN Navy’s Directorate of Maritime Integrated Capabilities Captain Tony Miskelly, C2 Robotics chief executive Troy Duggan, and US defence attache in Canberra, Captain Josh Fagan, USN. Picture: C2 Robotics Australia is critically dependent on infrastructure lying on the
Sea mines: Australia’s most dangerous blind spot
26 May 2026 | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in The Australian on 26 May 26 Image: 4.5 tons of Wold War II High Explosive is destroyed just off the coast of Bougainville during Operation RENDER SAFE 14. Defence Images. Australia is an island nation with one of the world’s largest maritime domains, and its prosperity and security depends on seaborne trade, including fuel, fertiliser and pharmaceuticals. Yet as Australia invests heavily in nuclear-powered submarines and
Fifty years after Tange, service chiefs have lost too much authority.
Jennifer Parker | 6 March 2026 *Originally published in The Strategist on 6 March 2026 Image: Rodney Braithwaite/Department of Defence . Fifty years after the Tange reforms created the modern Australian Defence Force, Australia faces a structural problem that few are willing to confront: steady erosion of the service chiefs’ authority. Over successive reviews and reorganisations, the chiefs have kept responsibility for generating, preparing and sustaining the Royal Australia
Awakening of a maritime nation 50 years in the making
21 February | Jennifer Parker *Originally published in the Australian Financial Review 21 February Image: HMAS ANZAC, Royal Australian...