RCC Lunchtime Meeting - Monday 27 October 2025

The Club's guest speaker for Monday's meeting is Professor Peter Leahy. His address to the Club will be on the topic "Headwinds for Australia’s Defence" , a very pertinent subjet at the present time. Professor Leahy will focus on the following:

Overall Australia’s defence and security situation is poor and deteriorating. The Nation is in peril. The warnings are there, the risk is high and the consequences could be catastrophic. What is being done?

Not enough – our defence force would struggle to meet likely tasks and we would have great difficulty in sustaining operations for even a limited amount of time. Current and near future operations are being cannibalized to fund far future expenditure. Without AUKUS there is no Plan B. 

As a Nation we face many headwinds.

•            The consequences of ignoring the risk.

•            How we are not being strategic.

•            A declining social license for defence in Australia.

•            A question about who will fight for Australia.

The meeting will be at the Commonwelth Club and the usual dress requirements apply.

Please register by 10.00am on Friday 24 October and any registrations received after that time won't be catered for unfortunately.