Defence Brief - Monthly Bulletin of the Australia Defence Association

General. Defence Brief is the ADA's regular two-page bulletin covering current Australian defence and wider national security issues and international strategic developments. The bulletin is published between issues of the ADA's quarterly national journal, Defender, and at other times as required. Defence Brief is noted for the currency of its reporting and its factual accuracy, its informed views and, where necessary, its trenchant commentary.

ADA Fellows and ADA corporate members receive Defence Brief as part of their individual or corporate membership respectively. Associate members of the ADA do not receive Defence Brief.

Corporate Subscriptions. Corporate subscriptions to Defence Brief (and Defender) are especially popular among organisations and companies seeking to remain abreast of defence and wider national security issues in general, or who need to improve their commercial or political intelligence gathering in particular. Subscriptions to Defence Brief are available on our subscriptions page.

Distribution. To maximise currency Defence Brief is primarily distributed via electronic mail as a pdf enclosure. Subscribers are responsible for advising the ADA of their current email address and any subsequent changes. Requests to unsubscribe from Defence Brief emails should be sent to Defence Brief.

Current Issue. The current issue of Defence Brief has been distributed to registered subscribers. Copies of this bulletin may be ordered by taking out the relevant subscription on our membership or subscriptions page or by contacting Defence Brief.

Previous Issues. Some recent issues of Defence Brief are available below in portable document format (pdf). The Adobe Acrobat Reader software required to read pdf documents may be downloaded for free at:

Number 141, Mid-Winter 2010
Number 139, September-October 2009	Number 140 Mid-Summer 2009-10
Number 137, April-May 2009	Number 138, July-August 2009

Number 134, July-August 2008	Number 135, September-October 2008
Number 132, January-February 2008	Number 133, April-May 2008

Number 131, November 2007
Number 130, September-October 2007	Number 129, July-August 2007
Number 128, May 2007	Number 127, April 2007
Number 126, March 2007	Number 125, January-February 2007

Number 124, November-December 2006
Number 123, August-September 2006	Number 122, July 2006
Number 121, May-June 2006	Number 120, April 2006
Number 119, February 2006	Number 118, January 2006

Number 117, November-December 2005	Number 116, October 2005
Number 115, August-September 2005	Number 114, July 2005
Number 113, May 2005	Number 112, April 2005
Number 111, February 2005	Number 110, January 2005

Number 109, November 2004	Number 108, October 2004
Number 107, August-September 2004	Number 106, July 2004
Number 105, May-June 2004	Number 104, April 2004
Number 103, February 2004	Number 102, January 2004

Number 101, November 2003	Number 100, October 2003
Number 99, August 2003	Number 98, July 2003
Number 97, May 2003	Number 96, April 2003
Number 95, February 2003	Number 94, January 2003

Number 93, November 2002	Number 92, October 2002
Number 91, August 2002	Number 90, July 2002
Number 89, May 2002	Number 88, April 2002
Number 87, February 2002	Number 86, January 2002

You can also download all Defence Brief bulletins prior to 2002 in one zip file - defbrief.zip (1.17 MB)

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Australia Defence Association is organised as a not-for-profit public company (ABN 16 083 007 390)
limited by guarantee under the Corporations Act 2001

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