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• Defender is the quarterly national journal of the Australia Defence Association (ADA). Since 1983 it has been Australia's primary journal of record for informed and apolitical public debate on defence and wider national security issues. Its predecessor, the ADA Journal, had been published quarterly since 1979.

• Each 48-page (or more) issue of the journal includes topical articles, informed commentary, authorative book reviews and review essays, and spirited exchanges in letters to the editor, from a wide range of Australian and foreign contributors.

• Defender also includes a regular tongue-in-cheek column on life at Australian Defence Headquarters at Russell Hill ― reputedly extracted from the personal diary of the ever-observant personal staff officer to the virtual Vice Chief of the Defence Force.

• The editor of Defender is Dr Malcolm Kennedy. The editorial board comprises Ian Bostock, Colonel Patrick Gallagher (Retd), Professor Jeffrey Grey, Neil James, Dr Paul Monk and Dr Hugh Smith.

• The journal also utilises advisory and review panels comprising former defence force, intelligence, counter-intelligence and police officers; serving and retired diplomats; and academics, scientists, engineers and former government officials.

Index to Recent Issues:

• The Defender Index provides a listing of leading articles, commentary, feature articles and book reviews from issues of Defender back to 2001, including portable document format (pdf) versions of articles and reviews which can be downloaded separately.

• This does not include back issues of the Major Furphy satirical column which is featured separately on this website.

• While a summary of recent issues of the journal may be found in the Defender Index, the full contents are not posted on this website until subsequent issues are published and distributed to ADA members and registered corporate subscribers.

Articles and Commentary. As Australia's primary journal of record for informed public debate on defence and wider national security issues, Defender welcomes the submission of articles by Australian and foreign contributors.

• Articles submitted undergo an academic-style peer-review process (anonymously) to assess their currency, relevance, intellectual integrity and general standard for publication.

• Authors need to check the journal's style guide for articles and the ADA's terms and conditions for the supply of content before submitting their manuscript. Your submission of an article (or other content) or agreement to do so signifies your agreement with these terms and conditions.

• Identification of authors is the norm and your name will be withheld only where clearly justified in the public interest.

• Electronic copies of articles should be sent to Defender, together with your email and daytime and after-hours telephone contacts.

• Material posted to the editor should be addressed to: The Editor, Defender, PO Box 320, Erindale Centre, ACT, 2903, Australia.

Book Reviews. Defender is renowned for the range, quality and informed discussion of its book reviews and review essays.

• Each issue of the journal includes 8-12 comprehensive reviews and review essays by leading Australian experts on the particular subjects of the books concerned.

• Copies of the hundreds of reviews published since 2003, indexed by title, author, reviewer or journal issue, can be found in Defender's book review index.

• Books submitted for review in Defender should be sent to: The Review Editor, Defender, PO Box 320, Erindale Centre, ACT, 2903, Australia.

• Publishers also need to email a high-resolution pdf image of the book's cover, to accompany the review, to Defender.

• Prospective reviewers will be assisted by the journal's aide-memoire and style guide for book reviews and also need to check the ADA's terms and conditions for the supply of content. Your submission of a review (or other content) or agreement to do so signifies your agreement with these terms and conditions.

• The journal's policies governing the professional, ethical and academic standards for reviews are summarised in the book review index and detailed in our aide-memoire and style guide for book reviews.

Letters to the Editor. The letters pages in Defender are an important national forum for informed public debate on defence and wider national security issues. They feature a stimulating and often spirited exchange of views on contemporary and historical topics.

• Your letter should be kept to a maximum of 300 words (150-250 is the ideal maximum) and avoid personal attacks.

• Identification of writers is the norm and your name will be withheld from publication only where clearly justified in the public interest.

• Only your name and state of residence are published with the letter but you must include your name, address and a daytime telephone number for verification when submitting it.

• Your letter should preferably be emailed to Defender. Otherwise it can be posted to the above address.

• All letters are submitted on the condition that the ADA, as publisher, may edit any or all letters and reproduce them or authorise their reproduction anywhere in electronic form (including on this website). Your submission of a letter (or other content) or agreement to do so signifies your agreement with our terms and conditions for the supply of content.

 Subscriptions and Sales:

• All ADA members receive Defender as part of their individual or corporate membership. (ADA Fellows, corporate members and corporate subscribers also receive our bulletin Defence Brief).

• Corporate, library and other institutional subscriptions to Defender (and Defence Brief) can also be arranged on our subscriptions page.

• Newsagent, bookshop or other bulk orders of the journal may be organised by ringing (02) 6231-4444 or by contacting Defender.

• If you are not a member or corporate subscriber, you can obtain copies of the journal by telephoning (02) 6231-444 with your credit card details, or by posting a cheque or money order for $A9.50 to PO Box 320, Erindale Centre, ACT, 2903, Australia.

Advertising:

• Defender offers three highly sought-after cover spots (four-colour, full-page, full-bleed); full, half and quarter-page black and white advertising on internal pages; and considerable scope for insert (leaflet) advertising.

• Advertising  campaign managers and advertisement designers should read the journal's guidance and technical specifications for cover and page advertising and insert leaflet advertising as relevant.

• Our detailed subscriber databases enable significant capacity for advertisers to achieve the highly targeted placement (by us) of inserted leaflets for specific and selected groups of readers only. We do not release our membership or subscriber databases under any circumstances.

• Rates and bookings enquiries concerning advertising in Defender should be directed to (02) 6231-4444 or Defender Advertising.

• Advertising by our corporate members, and series bookings (four or more issues), qualify for substantially discounted rates and priority placements.

• ADA policy on advertising may be found on our disclaimer page. In summary, the journal will not run advertising that we judge is not in the public interest, we do not run 'advertorial' articles of any description, and the advertising of a product in Defender does not mean or imply that the ADA necessarily endorses that product or its manufacturer or provider.

Back Copies:

• Hard-copy versions of some back issues of Defender may be ordered by contacting Defender.

• Electronic (pdf) versions of issues published since early 2001 may be found through the Defender Index.

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