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ASPI: Drumming up business

Having just revealed it raked in a record $16 million in cash last financial year the Australian Strategic Policy Institute is apparently making good by marching to the beat of its new Defence Minister Peter […]

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ASPI now officially annoying

In keeping with its claims of “independence” the cashed up Australian Strategic Policy Institute decides it is best placed to write its own history 26 October 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein Winston Churchill, whose once mighty […]

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That Fella Down Under!

Scott Morrison’s AUKUS deal designed to win election, not make Australia safe 17 September 2021 | Michael West MW Media (Image: Marcus Reubenstein) Strap in for a media blitz on the threat from China. Prime […]

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What planet are they on?

Within two weeks of collecting $4 million in taxpayer money, ASPI claims the Australian government is short-changing think tanks 19 July 2021 | Marcus Reubenstein (APAC Digital Image) Though the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) […]

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Agency of foreign influence

ASPI rakes in millions of dollars from the US Government and Australia’s Department of Defence en route to record year for revenue 24 November 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein (Image by Marcus Reubenstein) The Australia-China relationship […]

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ASPI’s Broadcasting Corporation

Is ABC management complicit in letting senior on-air talent promote the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and its sponsors, without declaring conflicts of interest? 28 October 2020 | Marcus Reubenstein Two senior correspondents at Australia’s national […]

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ASPI strategy pays off

Think tank leading push for increased Australian military spending collects $214,500 “management advisory service” fee as Prime Minister announces massive new Defence Budget   ASPI rakes in millions of dollars from Commonwealth Government contracts while […]

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Who is running the China narrative?

Concerns are being raised about the ‘boofhead diplomacy’ being conducted at the highest levels of China/Australia relations. But apart from the Murdoch tabloids urging all and sundry to call out China whatever the cost, who […]