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War stores may be safe at Bandiana, but they have to get north
The proposed US Marine Corps war reserve stockpile at Bandiana should trigger a sharper Australian debate than the one now unfolding. Can Australia and its allies can turn those stocks into operational effect at the ...
In minerals purchasing, China is teaching Australia a lesson on economic power
For decades, Australia assumed economic power flowed from geology. Resource wealth delivered export earnings, government revenue and strategic confidence. The emergence of China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) over the past four years suggests otherwise. In ...
China isn’t defending critical minerals investment. It’s defending leverage
Chinese reactions to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s decision to order six China-linked investors to divest their holdings in Northern Minerals tells us far more than the decision itself. China’s Global Times publication condemned the move as ...
Darwin Dialogue 2026: the conversation is over. It’s time for implementation
Today marks the launch of the Darwin Dialogue 2026 report, From Exposure to Endurance: competitive endurance architecture for high-ESG mineral-specific supply chains. Australia and its partners have spent much of the past decade debating why ...
There’s value in supply-chain knowledge. China wants to control it
Australia’s economic security debate still focuses on the physical elements of supply chains: mines, ports, processing plants, shipping routes and stockpiles. Beijing has moved further. China increasingly treats knowledge about supply chains as a strategic ...
Journalistic standards still matter in the social media age
Journalism isn’t disappearing; its economic and institutional foundations are. Journalism was never simply about publishing information but rather about the systems surrounding publication: verification, accountability and liability. Those systems reduced errors, tested evidence and imposed ...
Strategic infrastructure investment means focusing on endurance, not efficiency
Australia has spent decades optimising infrastructure for efficiency. Strategic competition requires infrastructure optimised for endurance. Governments routinely invest billions of dollars in widening motorways, upgrading commuter corridors and improving urban transport networks. Those projects often ...