Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia (part 2 of 2)
26 June 2026
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Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:26
Speaker 1
Changed, or perhaps, highlighted the importance of that Northwestern vantage point, that Northwest outlook on those, on the on the Indonesian Archipelago, the straight between Indonesia and Malaysia, for example. These are very, tight passages here and and and significant energy and resource trade.
00:26 - 00:31
Speaker 3
I think that's a incredibly important question and, in fact, one that's been at the
00:31 - 02:06
Speaker 5
core of our strategic planning over many decades. Australia is a nation, that sits quite distant from much of the world and, both our capacity to operate militarily, and, the supply chains that support Australia in the delivery of, goods from the rest of the world, move through sea lines of communication, many of which for us, come through, in North North Asia and Southeast Asia. And so it has been a fundamental part of how we think about our maritime strategy. I would say that it's a a central pillar of the, argument for, a nuclear powered submarine capability, a a capability that can operate at a distance, with increased stealth, to increase our capacity. But, also, the other maritime investments the government is focused on, including, the ghost shark, and the blue bottle capabilities that have the capacity to have uncrewed capabilities operating at distance from Australia and through, particularly our maritime approaches.
So we've always been focused on, a billion IDF capability that helps us, project force through the Indonesian Archipelago and into, the the the broader parts of the Indo Pacific. That's been really important in our air power, and in our maritime, domain, thinking about that role in terms of how Australia would contribute to securing sea lines of communication, while working with our partners and allies in that part of the world.
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