In a sweeping overhaul of Defence procurement, the Australian Government will create a Defence Delivery Agency to consolidate key groups and improve accountability, ensuring timely, cost-effective delivery of Australia’s largest-ever peacetime defence investment.

Overcoming bitterness involves aligning actions with personal values rather than external measures of success. Cultivating meaning, self-awareness, and compassion after adversity fosters emotional resilience and strengthens relationships with oneself and others.

Australia’s nuclear-powered submarine program is advancing through new partnerships, expanded industry links and emerging technologies. Cooperation and local capability can shape long-term national readiness. Ten-year Collins Class submarine life-of-type extensions due to commence in 2026.

Military acquisitions systems are characterised by burdensome regulations. US is developing a system for reducing acquisitions from an average of eight years to one through boosting competition and empowering officials to take risks and make trade-offs.

Critical feedback activates threat responses, while kindness triggers safety and bonding neurochemistry. Leaders can improve feedback effectiveness by framing it as supportive; managing physiological reactions; and fostering a culture of honest, low-threat conversations.

Modern warfare is driven by data, not just weapons. 5G networks enable fast, secure communication across sensors, drones, and AI. The side that moves and protects data quickest gains the battlefield advantage.

About 42% of Australians experience childhood trauma—often before age 10—significantly increasing risks of mental disorders, suicidal behaviour, and chronic physical illnesses later in life. It highlights the urgent need for trauma-informed care nationwide.

The Pentagon has cut tech priorities from 14 to six, focusing on AI, bio-manufacturing, contested logistics, quantum info dominance, scaled hypersonics, and directed energy to accelerate 12–36-month sprints for battlefield advantage.

The defence technology company has delivered the first PC-21 flight-training device to RAAF Base Pearce, boosting pilot training capacity by 25% and supporting Defence readiness through advanced simulation and local industry engagement.

AI is now challenging the submission of original work and how to be recognised and rewarded. A broader debate is about how credit at work is attributed and implications as to how personnel are assessed and reported.