The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2004-2005

The publication gives the reader greater access to the complex workings of the Defence Budget and is intended to promote informed debate on Defence budget issues.

A Big Deal: Australia’s future air combat capability

This paper prepared by Aldo Borgu is a detailed assessment of the Australian Government’s decision to effectively purchase the US F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to replace its existing fleets of F/A-18 and F-111 aircraft.

It assesses whether the JSF might achieve the government’s air combat requirements against a number of factors.

The Cost of Defence: ASPI Defence Budget Brief 2003-2004

The annual Cost of Defence: Defence Budget Brief provides a special insight into the workings of Defence Economics.