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Monthly Lecture Video Theatre

Recent Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales Lunchtime Lectures and Seminar Presentations etc have been recorded on video. They are listed below, please click on the thumbnail or access button to view. Do note that some lectures are unavailable due to the requirements of the presenter etc.


 2024

RUSI of NSW Event 27 August 2024

Speakers: Jennifer Parker and Adam Lockyer, Panel Discussion included
Subject: The Surface Fleet Review - Strategic and Practical Implications
2 hours 16 minutes 25 seconds

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RUSI of NSW Lecture 30 July 2024

Speaker: Lincoln Parker
Subject: Australian Defence Industry: Enhancing Sovereign Defence Capability - Challenges and Future Prospects
1 hour 2 minutes 40 seconds

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RUSI of NSW Lecture 25 June 2024

Speaker: His Excellency the Ukrainian Ambassador Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Subject: The War in Ukraine
1 hour 6 minutes 53 seconds

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RUSI of NSW Presentation 28 May 2024

Speakers: Brigadier Sean Parkes DSC DSM & James Gaynor, CSC
Subject: Rules of War - The Army Training System & The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force as an Independent Oversight Mechanism
1 hour 52 minutes 10 seconds

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RUSI of NSW Lecture 27 February 2024

Speaker: Associate Professor Adam Lockyer
Subject: Great Power Politics and The Defence Strategic Review
1 hour 10 minutes 27 seconds

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RUSI of NSW Lecture 30 January 2024

Speaker: Ted Blamey
Subject: Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey a career of Challenges, Conquests, and Controversies
1 hour 17 minutes 53 seconds

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 2023

RUSI of NSW Lecture 28 November 2023

Speaker: Aaron Patrick
Subject: Sir Hermann Black Memorial Lecture - The Year in Review
59 minutes 47 seconds

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USI of ACT Lecture 3 November 2023

Speaker: Duncan Lewis AO DSC CSC
Subject: Australia Preparing for an Uncertain and Fractious World
25 minutes 51 seconds VIDEO, 33 minutes 15 seconds AUDIO

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Visit 3 November 2023

RUSI of NSW Members Visit The ADF Parachute School and HARS Iriquois Helocopters
7 minutes 28 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 31 October 2023

Speaker: Group Captain Steven Henry
Subject: Defence Space Command - An introduction
50 minutes 04 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 17 October 2023

RUSI of NSW Members Visit North Fort
Subject: Visit to North Fort Sydney Harbour Heads 17 October 2023
8 minutes 58 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 26 September 2023

Speaker: Major General Douglas Laidlaw AM CSC
Subject: The Defence Strategic Review - Implications of the Review of Defence Reserves recommendation
42 minutes 29 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 29 August 2023

Speaker: LTCOL John Howells OAM RFD (Ret'd)
Subject: Solomon Islands - A Target for Dystopian Aggression in the Pacific
45 minutes 52 seconds

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Out and About Site visit 15 August 2023

Subject: RUSI of NSW Members Visit to Historic Aircraft Restoration Society Museum
14 minutes 45 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 25 July 2023

Speakers: MAJGEN Paul Irving, BRIG David Leece, Panel Discussion
Subject: The Australian 2023 Defence Strategic Review Unpacked - a solution for the reality we face?
1 hour 47 minutes 54 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 27 June 2023

Speaker: Mr Brent Clark
Subject: The 2023 Australian Defence Strategic Review - Implications for Australian Industry
47 minutes 20 seconds

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4thInternational Dialogue 19 May 2023

Speakers: Noted Politicians and Academics, Dialogue opened by our Patron HE The Hon Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of NSW
Subject: Managing Strategic Tensions in the Indo-Pacific Region
Six Videos

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Monthly Lecture 18 April 2023

Speaker: Captain Chris Skinner RAN (Ret'd)
Subject: AUKUS - a tripartite foundation for Indo-Pacific security
1 hour 2 minutes 37 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 28 March 2023

Speaker: Emeritus Professor David Horner AM
Subject: Command Relationships - Australia's War Leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq
56 minutes 11 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 28 February 2023

Speaker: Michael McLean FAICD, FAOQ, CMC
Subject: Interoperability v Interchangeability - Implications for Australia's Defence within AUKUS/FAUKUS
59 minutes 35 seconds

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 2022

Monthly Lecture 13 December 2022

Speaker: Paul Kelly
Subject: The Sir Hermann Black Lecture - 2022 The Year in Review
1 hour 03 minutes 31 seconds

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Seminar 22 November 2022

Speaker: An expert panel that includes our military vice presidents, industry and academic representatives
Subject: AUKUS - a year on
Nine seperate presentations.

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Monthly Lecture 25 October 2022

Speaker: Brigadier Haydn Kohl
Subject: Developing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Capability
46 minutes 06 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 27 September 2022

Speaker: Professor Vijay Varadharajan
Subject: AUKUS - Cyber Security
1 hour 4 minutes 20 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 30 August 2022

Speaker: Associate Professor Adam Lockyer
Subject: Sea Power in Australia's Strategic Environment
59 minutes 54 seconds

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134th Birthday Afternoon Tea and Historical Event 26 August 2022

Speakers: Past presidents of the RUSI of NSW
Subject: The RUSI of NSW's 134th Birthday Historical Review
42 minutes 25 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 26 July 2022

Speaker: Brent Clark CEO of the Australian Industry and Defence Network
Subject: The Australian Industry Defence Network and its Role in Improving Australia's Regional Security
1 hour 15 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 28 June 2022

Speaker: Brigadier Ian Langford DSC** ADC (PhD)
Subject: The Significance of Australia's Armour and Artillery Upgrades
50 minutes 25 seconds

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Activities May 2022

Subject: The RUSI of NSW Out and About - ANSTO Visit and Sydney Attacked Harbour Cruise
10 minutes 30 seconds

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Monthly Lecture 26 April 2022

Speaker: Major General Stephen Jobson, AM CSC
Subject: Significance of Army Aviation Capability Upgrades
55 minutes 43 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 29 March 2022

Speaker: Group Captain Matthew McCormack and Group Captain Chris Hake
Subject: Air Combat Capability - F35 and the Ghost Bat Program
57 minutes 35 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 22 February 2022

Speaker: AVM Kym Osley AM CSC
Subject: Defence & Aerospace NSW - Building a Sovereign Defence Industry Capability
1 hour 09 minutes 24 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 24 January 2022

Speaker: CAPT Chris Skinner RAN Ret'd
Subject: Nuclear Powered Submarines and other AUKUS technologies for the ADF
1 hour 12 minutes 41 seconds

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 2021

Christmas Lunch Presentation 15 December 2021

Speaker: Ron Lyons RFD
Subject: Sydney at War 1939-1945
27 minutes 57 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 14 December 2021

Speaker: Peter Hartcher
Subject: The Sir Hermann Black Lecture - 2021 The Year in Review
44 minutes 04 seconds

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Seminar 23 November 2021 1300-1700

Introduced by Her Excellency the Governor of NSW, the major seminar includes a range of distinguished speakers.
Subject: Island Australia - Improving Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Region
Part 1 "DEFENCE" 1 hour 37 minutes 22 seconds; Part 2 "INDUSTRY and ACADEMIA" 1 hour 46 minutes 27 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 28 September 2021
Speaker: Vice Admiral Tim Barrett AO CSC Ret'd
Subject: Resilience in Australia's Maritime Industry
39 minutes 12 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 31 August 2021
Speaker: Major General David Thomae AM
Subject: Role of the 2nd Division within the Defence Mobilisation Framework
29 minutes 30 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 27 July 2021
Speaker: Major General Susan Coyle CSC DSM
Subject: Cyber Security and Resilience
32 minutes 20 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 29 June 2021
Speaker: Neville Tomkins OAM JP
Subject: Scouts NSW - Creating 'Resilient Youth'
33 minutes 4 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 25 May 2021
Speaker: Commodore Chris Smallhorn RAN (Retd)
Subject: Australia's Sovereign Capacities and Resilience in Crisis and Disaster - a Defence and Industry Partnership
1 hour 4 minutes 38 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 27 April 2021
Speaker: Commissioner Shane Fitzsimons AFSM
Subject: Resilience - Preparing and recovering from crisis and disaster
1 hour 10 minutes 33 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) March 2021
Speaker: Commodore Dr Andy Robertson AM CSC RANR
Subject: Improving Resilience Implications of COVID
47 minutes 40 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) February 2021
Speaker: Commodore Vince di Pietro AM CSC RAN Ret'd
Subject: Resilience - the Recovery Phase
45 minutes 05 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) January 2021
Speaker: Dr Keith Suter
Subject: Improving Resilience in Australia
46 minutes 11 seconds

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 2020

Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) December 2020
Speaker: Herve Lemahieu
Subject: 2020 Sir Herman Black Year in Review Lecture - A Year of Crisis: Climate, Coronavirus and China
37 minutes 40 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) November 2020
Speaker: Major General Kath Campbell AO CSC
Subject: ADF's Response to the Bushfire and COVID Crises
20 minutes 23 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) October 2020
Speaker: Senator Jim Molan AO DSC
Subject: The Next 100 Years
37 minutes 36 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) September 2020
Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Sweeny RFD Ret'd
Subject: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea
22 minutes 42 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) August 2020
Speaker: Dr Gorana Grgic
Subject: The state of trans-Atlantic relations: The United States and Europe
55 minutes 53 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) July 2020
Speaker: Admiral Chris Barrie AC Ret'd
Subject: Why Climate Change is an Important Component of National Security
59 minutes 51 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) June 2020
Speaker: Professor Tanya Monro
Subject: Defence "Star Shots" Benefitting Defence and the Community
29 minutes 06 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) May 2020
Speaker: Dr Simon Longstaff AO
Subject: Ethics in the Australian Defence Force
45 minutes 20 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) April 2020
Speaker: Graeme Dobell
Subject: Australia's Pacific policy: Covid-19, China and community
27 minutes 06 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture (Delivered Online) March 2020
Speaker: Dr Bates Gill
Subject: Assessing the Ambitious Reforms of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
29 minutes 48 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 25 February 2020
Speaker: Ashley Townshend
Subject: US Defence Budget and Military Postures in the Asia Pacific
9 minutes 4 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 28 January 2020
Speaker: Colonel David Wilkins OAM (Ret'd)
Subject: The Three Vietnam Wars - 1946 to 1975
46 minutes 36 seconds

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 2019

Lunchtime Lecture 10 December 2019
Speaker: Andrew Greene, ABC Defence Correspondent
Subject: Sir Hermann Black lecture The Year in Review
33 minutes 41 seconds

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Christmas Luncheon Presentation 6 December 2019
Speaker: Brad Manera Senior Historian, Anzac Memorial Sydney
Subject: Australians at Isandlwana
32 minutes 50 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 26 November 2019
Speaker: Major Andrew Brayshaw, SO2 Capstone Doctrine Land Doctrine, Army Knowledge Centre
Subject: To Shoot or Not To Shoot
38 minutes 25 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 29 October 2019
Speaker: Peter Jennings, Executive Director, ASPI
Subject: Does Australia need a 'Plan B' for its Defence policy?
41 minutes 50 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 30 July 2019
Speaker: Captain David Tietzel RAN and Colonel Kim Gilfillan
Subject: Amphibious Operations and Tactics
48 minutes 29 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 30 July 2019
Speaker: David Rosenberg
Subject: Role of the Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap
38 minutes 01 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 25 June 2019
Speaker: Hervé Lemahieu
Subject: Power Struggles in the Indo-Pacific
46 minutes 10 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 28 May 2019
Speaker: Robert Lowry
Subject: The Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), structure, reform and plans for the future
32 minutes 52 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 30 April 2019
Speaker: Brigadier Peter Connor AM
Subject: The War in Afghanistan - A recent Commander's Experiences
54 minutes 49 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 26 March 2019
Speaker: Dr Thomas Wilkins
Subject: Assessing Australia's bargaining power in the US-alliance at a time of regional power shift: "Assets" versus "liabilities"
48 minutes 08 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 26 February 2019
Speaker: Justice Michael Pembroke
Subject: The Tragedy on the Korean Peninsula
45 minutes 11 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 22 January 2019
Speaker: Vince Di Pietro AM CSC
Subject: Australia's Evolving Defence Industry
41 minutes 27 seconds

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 2018

Lunchtime Lecture 11 December 2018
Speaker: Paul Kelly
Subject: the 2018 Sir Herman Black Lecture: The End of World War 1
32 minutes 08 seconds

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Military History Seminar 27 November 2018
Speaker: Dr Bryce Fraser RFD
Subject: The Extended War 1918-1920
39 minutes 32 seconds

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Military History Seminar 27 November 2018
Speaker: David Deasey RFD
Subject: Post World War 1 Operations in the Middle East
37 minutes 28 seconds

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Military History Seminar 27 November 2018
Speaker: Dr Colin Baker RFD
Subject: Australia and the Treaty of Versailles
23 minutes 07 seconds

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Military History Seminar 27 November 2018
Speaker: Professor Stephen Garton
Subject: Demobilisation and its Aftermath: the Impact of the Great War on Australia
30 minutes 49 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 30 October 2018
Speaker: Rear Admiral Jonathan Mead AM
Subject: Protecting Australia's Trade Routes
25 minutes 08 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 26 September 2018
Speaker: Ms Jacky Westerman
Subject: Russia's interests in the Pacific and North Korea
30 minutes 30 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 28 August 2018
Speaker: Mr Sam Roggeveen
Subject: North Korea and the Twilight of US Leadership in Asia
31 minutes 50 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 27 February 2018
Speaker: Professor James Curran
Subject: Australia and Trump's USA
44 minutes 52 seconds

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 2017

Lunchtime Lecture 27 June 2017
Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Sweeney
Subject: Battle of the Coral Sea
37 minutes 35 seconds

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Lunchtime Lecture 31 January 2017
Speaker: Dr David Leece
Subject: Sun Tzu to Giap: GRAND masters of strategy and their contemporary relevance
43 minutes 41 seconds

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 2015

Lunchtime Lecture 18 December 2015
Speaker: Brigadier Philip Bridie
Subject: From mountaineer to dog-face soldier: an Australian's perspective of operations with the United States Army in Afghanistan in 2014 as Deputy Commanding General in Regional Command - East
37 minutes 33 seconds

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 2010

Lunchtime Lecture 29 April 2010
Speaker: Peter Ewer
Subject: Forgotten ANZACs: the campaign in Greece, 1941
48 minutes 32 seconds

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