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Northern resilience shapes national resilience. Building it demands continuity
ASPI The Strategist Institutional·2026-07-08AUS DefenceP1: Resource SovereigntyP3: Industrial BaseP6: Defence SurgeP8: Northern Arc
Why it matters
The article identifies northern Australia as critical to national economic security, defence logistics, and strategic sustainment—directly linking infrastructure resilience to Australia's ability to sustain operations under prolonged strategic pressure. Investment in northern industrial continuity, energy systems, and logistics networks reduces Australia's vulnerability to supply-chain disruption, coercion, and geopolitical shock.
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