Details
Date: Wednesday March 4, 2026
Time: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Members’ Dining Room, Level 2, Members’ Reserve
Dress: Lounge suit or tailored jacket, shirt, tie, slacks (tailored chinos are acceptable) and dress shoes, or attire of a similar high standard
Access: Open to Military Veterans’ Group Members and Associates and their guests
About
The Military Veterans’ Group invites their members and Associate members to their first function of 2026.
Members and their guests will be treated to a two-course lunch and a four-hour beverage package.
We will hear from special guest speaker, Dr Alan Dupont AO who will be speaking on Australia’s current strategic environment, the security challenges we face and the implications for our Defence Force structure and capabilities.
Pricing
Standard package
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Member Adult 18+
$85
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Guest Adult 18+
$95
Access
Bookings open: 9:00am AEDT Tuesday January 27
Bookings close: 5:00pm AEDT Tuesday February 24, unless sold out prior
Cancellation cut-off: 5:00pm AEDT Tuesday February 24
If you are unable to book online, please call our Membership Services Team on (03) 9657 8888 or email specialinterestgroups@mcc.org.au.
More Information
Dr Alan Dupont AO is CEO of geopolitical risk consultancy The Cognoscenti Group and is one of Australia’s best-known strategists and commentators. He has an international reputation for his work on geopolitical risk, foreign policy, defence and national security with a particular focus on the Indo-Pacific. He has been an advisor to several Australian ministers of defence and foreign affairs and in 2013/14 he established and led the Abbott Government’s Defence White Paper team. Alan is a 1971 graduate of the Royal Military College Duntroon and he served in the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment as a junior officer.
Dr Dupont has received commendations for his work from the Foreign Minister of Japan and the President of Timor-Leste and was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of Australia’s leading strategists. In 2019, he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the international community through security analysis and strategic policy development.”
Dr Dupont previously held the inaugural Michael Hintze Chair in International Security at the University of Sydney and the position of Defence and National Security Advocate for the Northern Territory government. He is Contributing National Security Editor for The Australian newspaper and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington and the Lowy Institute in Sydney.
