Sovereignty is the key to defence industry policy – The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)

Sovereignty is now the buzzword of defence industry policy, applied liberally to whatever project is under discussion. The idea has been further entrenched in the defence lexicon following publication of the long-awaited Defence Industrial Capability Plan (DICP), as well as the announcement of Australia’s sovereign industry capability priorities (SICP) and accompanying capability assessment framework. The DICP may be an…

Defense Industrial Strategy – UK Government Services

Defence Values for Acquisition This statement of values is intended to shape the behaviour of all those involved in acquisition, including Ministers, Defence Management Board members, customers at all levels, the scrutiny community, project teams in the various delivery organisations and our private sector partners. Read this on assets.publishing.service.gov.uk – Defence Industrial Strategy Defence White…

Delivering sovereign capability – The Australian Financial Review

This content is produced by The Australian Financial Review in commercial partnership with BAE Systems. A few weeks ago we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I – the war to end all wars as was the hope of the time. Click here to read this article on https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/delivering-sovereign-capability-20181126-h18ct2

Sovereign capability definition debate ongoing – Defence Connect

As the defence industry awaits the release of the government’s sovereign industrial capability plan, a key industry body has put forward its ideal definition of sovereign capability for the defence industry. Click here to read this article on Defence Connect – https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/1463-sovereign-capability-definition-debate-ongoing

Science and tech sector backs call for greater sovereign capability – Science and Technology Australia

The peak body for Australia’s science and technology sectors has backed a call by Industry and Science Minister Karen Andrews for Australia to develop greater “sovereign capability” in manufacturing underpinned by strong local research and development. Click here to read this article on Science and Technology Australia – https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/science-and-tech-sector-backs-call-for-greater-sovereign-capability/

Strategy, Policy, and Industry Group – Department of Defence

Strategy, Policy, and Industry Group is the Department of Defence’s key policy development function to protect and further Australia’s national interests. Click here to read this article on the Department of Defence website https://www.defence.gov.au/spi/industry/capabilityplan/SovereignIndustrialCapabilityPriorities.asp

Op-Ed: Australia’s fuel (in)security and our lack of national resilience – Defence Connect

Australia has long struggled to meet its obligations to maintain a domestic supply of liquid fuels, drawing the condemnation of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and leaving the nation critically vulnerable to fluctuations in price and geo-strategic competition, now amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Blackburn, AO, believes is the time to rectify…

Australia is rich, dumb and getting dumber – The Australian Financial Review

Bangladesh, Cuba, Iran, Mali and Turkmenistan share an unexpected connection to Australia, and it isn’t membership of a tourist destination hot list. Click here to read this article from The Australian Financial Review – https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/australia-is-rich-dumb-and-getting-dumber-20191007-p52y8i

Australia’s low economic complexity – Infographic from AuManufacturing

Given Australia’s advanced society many were surprised, disbelieving even, when the latest Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity rated us low on the complexity scale. Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea sit at the top of the ranking. Czech Republic ranked 6th in the world while the US slipped out of the top 10 into 12th position. Click here…

Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC) – Profile of Australia

Overview: In 2019 Australia was the number 13 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 19 in total exports, the number 23 in total imports, the number 12 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 79 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI).…