Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Delivering Australia's defence agenda will require difficult choices amid growing strategic challenges, fiscal pressures and competing priorities.
At the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference, Senator James Patterson, Shadow Minister for Defence and Senator for Victoria, joined former Defence Minister the Honourable Joel Fitzgibbon for a discussion examining the greatest risks to delivering the National Defence Strategy.
Their conversation explored the decisions government and industry must make to strengthen Australia's military capability, preparedness and national resilience in an increasingly contested strategic environment.
Delivering Australia's defence agenda will require difficult choices amid growing strategic challenges, fiscal pressures and competing priorities.
At the 2026 ASPI Defence Conference, Senator James Patterson, Shadow Minister for Defence and Senator for Victoria, joined former Defence Minister the Honourable Joel Fitzgibbon for a discussion examining the greatest risks to delivering the National Defence Strategy.
Their conversation explored the decisions government and industry must make to strengthen Australia's military capability, preparedness and national resilience in an increasingly contested strategic environment.
