#OCIS2023 website now live at ocis.org.au Still a couple of kinks to work out but basic info is there - yay!

AUKUS: Asking a veteran submariner what to think | Justin Burke ift.tt/LCofKvX

The most significant defence review in 40 years positions Australia for complex threats in a changing region #dsr ⁦Security Studies @ MQ⁩ ⁦MQ Faculty of Arts⁩ ⁦⁦@SeaPowerCentre⁩ ⁦ theconversation.com/the-most-signi…

Holy Moly. abc.net.au/news/2023-04-2…

Alongside UNSW, Macquarie NTEU members are also taking action this Wednesday! Join us in the Central Courtyard at 12pm for secure jobs, safe workloads and fair pay. Pledge to take action at MQ: nteu.info/pledge & hear from members on why we are taking action 👇

Standing w Macquarie NTEU colleagues and students to fight for a more democratic, fairer university

Just got a submission for the headline - ‘Ben Roberts-Smith Offered Partnership By PwC’ but then remembered that actually fucking happened

PREMIERS! 🏆🖤🤍 WE MADE IT SIXTEEN

On Tuesday, 24 October, we'll be joined by AIIA Councillor jon symons - @jonsymons.bsky.social who will talk about how the world can mitigate #ClimateChange The event will start at 6pm at Glover Cottages, Sydney Register here: aiiansw.glueup.com/event/climate-… The event will be broadcast for free on Zoom.

The Hon Kim Beazley AC chaired an insightful discussion on naval diplomacy & deterrence in the region. Great to hear from Dr Bec Shrimpton ASPI, Ms Jennifer Parker ANU National Security College, Dr Troy Lee-Brown @UWANews, Assoc Prof Adam Lockyer Macquarie University & RADM Michael H. Day U.S. Coast Guard. #IP23

For me, the Emerging Leaders presentations were one of the highlights of #SeaPower23. The Security Studies @ MQ students did an amazing job. I was very proud of them. Thank you Dr Elizabeth Buchanan and Alastair Cooper for the fantastic initiative. Well done Freya and Chloe.

Last night's ABC News piece about how rate hikes actually work, and how the banks win twice. youtube.com/watch?v=iYUlkP…

When interest rates went up  “not only do we pay more to the banks for our mortgages, but the Reserve Bank, that we own, also forks out an extra billion dollars to them as well” I have not been able to stop thinking about this Alan Kohler piece.

Feeling rowdy. Tell us in the comments who we should ban from entering the country

Congratulations to Bates Gill, Adam Lockyer, Dr Yves Heng-Lim and Professor Andrew Tan on the publication of their new book "Geopolitics, Military Modernisation and the Future of the Indo-Pacific"

New book!

My latest piece with my colleagues Courtney J. Fung and Yves-Heng Lim that explains what we mean by ICAD and why it’s a better description of what’s happening in the Indo-Pacfic than the “grey zone”. The Lowy Institute Security Studies @ MQ MQ Faculty of Arts Defence Australia lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

ICYMI: This is a timely article in lowy Interpreter on China's recent actions in the Indo-Pacific by Adam Lockyer , Courtney J. Fung and Yves Heng-Lim: lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…

I’m over the moon to see that “Conventional Maritime Deterrence” can now be pre-ordered. Its launch is getting closer. Follow this link below to learn more… press.georgetown.edu/Book/Conventio…