The Economic Impact of COVID for the Military

On 4 June 2020, Dr Nitin Gupta—Defence Economist at the Australian Army Research Centre and the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Coral Bell School, Australian National University—presented this seminar, foreshadowing many of the announcements and conversations that would come out of the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and Force Structure Plan within the national security and defence communities.

Please note that this presentation was given on 4 June 2020, in the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic unfolding, and as such the situation, corresponding data and discourse have evolved since the date of this presentation. This includes the subsequent announcement by the Government to change the funding arrangements for the Australian Defence Force.