… Cooperation A short history Nauru was first annexed by Germany in … With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Nauru’s … attack demonstrated Nauru’s vulnerability in wartime. In August …
Effective Generation of the Part-Time Force for an Uncertain Future
… As the First World War made painfully clear, when … and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume … swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to …
Tax-Free Pay Undermines the Total Workforce System
… service provides little measurable benefit to the ADF or its … service is highly contentious. It was last attempted in 1983, when Paul Keating was Treasurer. It was aborted due …
… civilian sector. We have transferable skills that nonetheless lack … and ties. Find ‘non-military’ ways to do things. Develop broader ways of thinking, reducing group …
The Hidden Network – The Informal Power Behind Command
… together. They are not always the ones with the rank or the … the unit quietly but unmistakably. A Junior Non-Commissioned … Soldiers straighten up when they walk by, not because of rank but …
Learning from Organisational Self-Deception in the Russo-Ukrainian War
… position in a company in Asia, I was taken aside by the person who I was replacing. ‘You need to … saw what he meant. In one memorable instance, the person at the …
Book Review | The Journey of You – Be the Hero of Your Own Adventure
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… between 1975 and 1997 was the focus of much internal … for foreign aid since sovereignty was achieved, being one of the … in 2019, as Prime Minister was challenged by the Opposition …
… courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. On the 21st of July … on the northern coast of what was then the Australian Territory … mountainous and nearly impenetrable jungle of Papua New Guinea. …
Nationalism and Globalisation - Old Fashion Patriotism in The Age of NATO
… Australian Defence Force is vulnerable. Lacking the sheer size of … production during the outbreak of war, Australia instead relies on … in encouraging states to pull away from international …
