Australian entrepreneur with broad interests across diplomacy, defence, branding & communications. Advocate for a stronger, more consistent National brand 🦘
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Jun 12
What’s the barrier for taxpayers to receive a fair market value equity stake in such contexts?
It’s the right call - but the taxpayer deserves to proportionately share in any direct fiscal benefits as well.
I don’t see any reason why not?
@TKoutsantonisMP @PMalinauskasMP
Time and time again, we hear the need for Australia to produce more of its own critical metals.
One place that can help make that happen is Port Pirie.
It’s why we’ve reached an agreement with the Federal and Tasmanian Governments to ensure the Port Pirie smelter can continue operating while vital feasibility work continues.
The possibility of producing critical metals like antimony here presents a unique opportunity for our nation while supporting hundreds of local jobs in Port Pirie.
This investment gives us the time needed to properly examine that opportunity.
And to help secure the future of this nationally significant operation.
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The Grand Australasian Union of Australia & New Zealand, when?
A combined Top 10 nominal GDP and the largest EEZ in the world.
Jun 5
Neighbours. Allies. Family 🇦🇺🇳🇿
And working side by side, we can achieve so much more.
Welcome to Australia, Prime Minister @chrisluxonmp.
Let’s get to work.
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Jun 5
If Australia properly considered the wholistic national requirement for ships (not just warships) there would be no reason to artificially slow down warship production drumbeat.
And like any process it’s easier to slow down than it is to speed up at short notice.
Hunter, GPF….
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Jun 5
It really is somewhat delusional for us to keep thinking we can deliver ships at rates which were only possible if we started building two decades ago - it’s also nonsensical to keep warships and other vessel requirements siloed - both keep shipyards alive.
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Jun 3
“The Australian Antarctic Territory accounts for an area roughly twice the size of India – a vast sovereign claim, along with Canberra’s other external territories, that so often falls from our national defence and security agenda.”
@BuchananLiz 👌
aspistrategist.org.au/amid-d…
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Jun 3
“We cannot wish away realpolitik to our south, unfolding on sovereign Australian soil”
“…At worst, it suggests a rather effective foreign influence operation has long captured Australia’s Antarctic strategy.”
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Jun 2
The missing (and critical) component is government owned undersea cable laying & repair ships.
Not if, but *when* damage occurs, we need ships on standby for emergency repairs.
Great piece by @Dr_M_Davis & @BassiJustin
aspistrategist.org.au/aukus-…
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May 29
Giving some scale to Australia’s world-leading CEAFAR tri-band GaN phased array tech by CEA.
Prototype aluminium mast for the Aegis Hunter Class completed at Henderson by BAE Australia.
Photo: @BAESystemsAus
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May 22
In other news, an Australian Army captain questions the RAAF’s capability to operate advanced fighter jets.
🤦♂️😂
May 21
US Marine captain questions Australia’s capability to run nuclear submarine program under AUKUS | The Nightly thenightly.com.au/australia/…
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May 15
I think it’s important that we approach this in a much broader sense - beyond any nation.
Neoliberal ideas with regard to private ownership of critical national infrastructure are outdated, high risk and more costly to taxpayers over time.
@BassiJustin
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May 15
A broader approach to this also negates any predictable argument from Beijing to play the “poor China” card.
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May 8
When governments say they are/have “invested” in something it would be great if you didn’t need to spend hours searching and/or submit an FOI request just to find out if it’s actually a handout or an actual investment for the public on commercial terms …
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Apr 17
The Australian NDS 26 reads a bit like if I asked ChatGPT to provide a generalised obvious update to NDS 24.
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Mar 30
Public transport was cheaper than driving even before fuel increased. Making it free when comparatively it’s now even cheaper again is such a nonsensical argument.
Good on @TKoutsantonisMP for sticking to the evidence & not chasing populist nonsense.
abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/s…
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Mar 30
The only thing that gets real mode-shift to public transport is investing in providing a legitimately competitive alternative relative to the dominant mode: driving.
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Mar 27
I’m often taken back by the gap between basic evidence based knowns and “public opinion”.
In a democracy, at what point is the lack of basic understanding of the evidence based fundamentals actually complete negligence on behalf of us all?
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Mar 27
Great piece by @SeanAndrews65
I’d also add that it (arguably) further highlights the fallacy that is specialist large surface combatants.
Particularly in the Indo-Pacific where the threat from both above and below is equally high.
aspistrategist.org.au/as-the…
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Mar 27
With regards to cheap, numerous one-way attack drones - does this highlight a gap in the gun-based weapons fit of modern surface combatants?
Have the Italians got it right with plentiful 76mm guns instead of the more common 20-30mm secondary guns? Cheaper than missiles …
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Mar 20
Broken record, I know.
But how can we possibly continue to justify the largest, most expensive, most all-domain capable surface combatants to ever join the RAN still prioritise significant weight & space to containers rather than desperately needed VLS cells?
Hunter Class …
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Mar 20
The whole “LOCSV” thing is a slippery admission - a gap so serious they’re willing to bet it all on a paper concept, without evidence, without Conops, without anything.
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Mar 20
And the part that somehow makes that even worse is that rather than admitting they got it wrong and fixing it, they’re choosing to bet - not on their own careers or lives - but those of young Australian sailors, and Australians themselves.
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