![]() The DSR aims to defend Australia through a deterrence by denial approach, that is, to employ anti-access/area denial capabilities to prevent an adversary projecting power against Australia through our northern approaches. That’s the right approach for our strategic circumstances, but there’s a mismatch between aspiration and resources with no new funding in the defence budget there’s no plan yet to deliver that more potent force.ĭespite the government’s statement that this is the biggest change to defence policy since the 1980s and a departure from the Defence of Australia doctrine, there is significant continuity here. That will require robust new military capabilities at the expense of existing and previously planned ones. ![]() Instead of maintaining a defence force that can do a bit of everything, the focus is now squarely on deterring potential Chinese aggression in our near region. ![]() With the Albanese government’s adoption of the Defence Strategic Review, Australia’s defence strategy has become more focused. ![]()
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