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Podcast: Defence & Security Podcast Network
Episode: ADF space personnel, US Secretary of Defense cuts Harvard ties and Sydney protest fallout
Description: In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior journalist Robert Dougherty is joined by journalist Bethany Alvaro to unpack a week spanning government conflict of interest concerns, Defence space capability updates and anti-Israel protests in Sydney. The discussion opens on the scrutiny surrounding Paul Brereton, commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission, and questions over the disclosure of his advisory work with the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force on Afghanistan matters, raising conflict of interest concerns and political criticism. Attention then turns to the ADF's new space operations roles, highlighting the growing importance of...