RAAHC's Firepower: Lessons from WWII - Melbourne Event

Seminar Event: Australia's 'Road to War' (5-7pm)

Presentation One: Strategic Context: How well Australia was postured industrially at the outbreak of war in September 1939

Presenter One: Dr Mark Bailey (a Naval Studies Group Fellow) of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)

Presentation 2: Military Application: Australia's military preparedness and force expansion, particularly as it relates to air power, during the lead-up to WWII

Presenter Two: Dr Liam Kane (Centre for Future Defence and National Security) at Deakin University

Panel Discussion: What the lessons might be for today's military and political decision-makers

Networking Event: Australia's 'Road to War' (7.30-9pm)

Keynote Address: Hon Angus Taylor MP, Shadow Minister for Defence.