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The Big Fix: Rebuilding Australia's National Security
The character of war is constantly changing, and so too must the approach to national security. But Australia’s defence policy is broken. Successive governments have not approached the nation’s security with the intelligence, resoluteness and seriousness it requires.
After more than 120 years of defence policy centred on dependency, the geopolitical situation demands new thinking by politicians and policymakers to secure the nation for the future. In light of technological progress, the shifting balance of power in the Pacific and the worsening danger of climate change, Australia needs a new approach in order to charts its own course.
In The Big Fix, defence strategist Albert Palazzo proposes a defence policy centred on the strategic defensive, which presents the best military fit for Australia, given its geography and the current state of military technology. Crucially, he elevates climate change to primacy in the national security hierarchy and explains how we cannot afford to ignore it as a security factor. And he what is stopping Australia’s leaders from seriously considering other options for the nation’s security?
After more than 120 years of defence policy centred on dependency, the geopolitical situation demands new thinking by politicians and policymakers to secure the nation for the future. In light of technological progress, the shifting balance of power in the Pacific and the worsening danger of climate change, Australia needs a new approach in order to charts its own course.
In The Big Fix, defence strategist Albert Palazzo proposes a defence policy centred on the strategic defensive, which presents the best military fit for Australia, given its geography and the current state of military technology. Crucially, he elevates climate change to primacy in the national security hierarchy and explains how we cannot afford to ignore it as a security factor. And he what is stopping Australia’s leaders from seriously considering other options for the nation’s security?
218 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 16, 2025
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July 17, 2025
Defence analyst Albert Palazzo’s latest book is a timely review of Australia’s approach to national security. And the bigger threat is not military, but climate change. His review of current military and future defence is alarming: hugely expensive, but with mediocre capability.
He argues that the despite a succession of defence reviews and an unpredictable US, we remain subordinate to a much larger country with different objectives and a different world view. There is a critical need for the government to entirely re-think how we secure Australia.
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He argues that the despite a succession of defence reviews and an unpredictable US, we remain subordinate to a much larger country with different objectives and a different world view. There is a critical need for the government to entirely re-think how we secure Australia.
See the full review at: https://www.queenslandreviewerscollec...
October 5, 2025
The author seriously questions current defence policies for the defence of Australia. Does the government have the right priorities, are they getting value for money and should they get closer to the Americans or distance themselves? Is AUKUS a good deal for Australia?
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