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Mike Gilligan

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Australia can’t have self-reliant defence and nuclear submarines

Australia can’t have self-reliant defence and nuclear submarines
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Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Support first, questions later: Australia and the Iran war

01.04.2026 20

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Why did Dennis Richardson walk away from the antisemitism commission?

Dennis Richardson’s resignation from the antisemitism royal commission has been widely portrayed as a setback, but the episode raises deeper...

17.03.2026 30

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

A Boyer Lecture that misunderstands Australia’s defence history

04.12.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

New Australian national intelligence chief faces a people challenge

25.10.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Australia has no alternative to biting America’s bullet

20.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Layered perversion of Australia's defence policy

07.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Australia and Japan cannot accept America’s war on China

22.07.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Why Australia needs a defence minister

14.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

If I were defence minister...

26.04.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

Is PM Albanese about to amaze Australia?

14.03.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan

The fragility of Australia’s security

25.02.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mike Gilligan