Club Luncheon: What is the shape of Defence in Australia and how has the DSR affected the current defence climate?

What is the shape of Defence Australia and how has the Defence Strategic Review affected the current defence climate?

1. Current strategic posture, lifting the words from the paper to give an informed opinion of the future of defence in Australia, where industry stands, and for how long.

2. Application of critical capability into the pacific regions, why this style of warfare will need this focus, specifically “minimal capability possible, in the shortest lead time”.

3. What is National defence and how will this be vital across a whole of government approach?

4. The five domains and how they play a part in the evolution of defence. Land, Sea, Air, Cyber, Space.

5. A state-by-State approach to Key defence programs and how they will be used to support the defence framework.