RE CONSTITUTING INSTITUTIONAL POWER

摘要

The final issue of The NAVY for 2020 ends with a powerful set of papers beginning with the NLA obituary for Rear Admiral Andrew John Robertson AO DSC RAN, followed by a paper compilation of three of his more recent contributions. Paper 2 by Dr Neil Baird -through meetings with maritime leaders - picks up the questions raised by Admiral Robertson to provide searing analysis of where Government, Defence and Navy procurement decisions, leadership, and management rests today. Paper 3, by William Alston, builds the case for the award of Navy's first Victoria Cross. Written before the report by Dr Brendan Nelson submitted to the Prime Minister in August recommending Teddy Sheean be awarded the VC, the paper examines the case based on precedence's established for posthumous awards and forfeiture. The final paper is by the team established by the NSW NLA Division to examine the future of The NAVY and compares the nature of the current media and publishing space. It is not a healthy picture.