Labor has moved to review national defence and security policies, but will it break substantially with the Howard era, asks Geoffrey Barker.

This report covers the ability of the ADF to maintain air superiority in our region to 2020. It includes: capability planning in relation to the acquisition of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF); any capability gap which may arise from a delay in its purchase; a comparison of the JSF and the FA-22 Raptor; and an...

The essential features of the current Defence organisation were established over 30 years ago in peacetime. Today, in a period of high operational activity, this report finds an organisation struggling to deliver administratively when its main focus is on supporting military operations in nine major deployments around the world. The Defence organisation has undoubtedly made...

In late October 2005, a delegation of eight members from the committee visited Australian Defence Force personnel deployed on active service in the Middle East. This is the report of that trip.

The Defence Update 2003 commented that Australia’s alliance with the US ‘remains a national asset’ and the ‘United States’ current political, economic, and military dominance adds further weight to the alliance relationship.’ This report looks at how the Australian–US alliance should be developed to best meet each nation’s security needs both in the Asia Pacific...