Insights and Updates

Australia is one of the most resilient, resource-rich, and strategically positioned nations on Earth. We have world-class talent, robust infrastructure, and a proud history of stepping up when it counts.

So why do we keep falling short?

We don’t have a capability shortage. We have an absence of coordinated effort. And every day, it’s costing this beautiful country we call home.

Talent isn’t the problem
Across government, industry, academia, and our institutions, capability is not the issue.

We have high-calibre professionals delivering outcomes in the toughest environments. Experts in cybersecurity, infrastructure, AI, data, operations, and transformation. Strategic thinkers, delivery specialists, and domain leaders who know what needs to be done.

The problem isn’t who we have.

It’s how we are being asked to operate. 

In silos. 

Under pressure. 

Often duplicating effort. 

Without a shared map or mission.

We are mobilising the right people. Just not in the right way.

Fragmentation is costing us
Our challenge is not intelligence or skill. It is fragmentation.

• Agencies working in isolation.
• Panels flooded with vendors who often compete instead of collaborate.
• Procurement processes that reward familiarity over performance.
• Talent spread thin across programs that rarely speak to one another.

While the system spins, we lose momentum, clarity, and sovereign control.

We have normalised dysfunction. That normalisation is now blocking our ability to secure Australia’s future.

Mission over money
If we are serious about national resilience, self-sufficiency, and long-term prosperity, we must rethink how we work. Not just what we buy.

Not everything should be driven by commercial gain.

Purpose must come first.

This does not mean ignoring commercial viability. Profit, invested properly, funds people, communities, and research. But it does mean aligning delivery to something bigger than margin.

We need to ask hard questions.

• Are we designing systems for convenience or for national impact?
• Are we rewarding vendors for value or for volume?
• Are we prioritising outcomes over process?

This moment demands clarity
The geopolitical environment is shifting. The public sector is under pressure. Sovereign capability is no longer optional. It is essential.

Government does not have to go it alone. But it must work with the right partners, in the right way, on the right terms. That starts with real, sovereign, transparent coordination.

Not in five years. Now.

Why CAN.B Group exists
We are not here to preserve the system. We are here to evolve it.

CAN.B Group was not created to chase contracts, recycle templates, or inflate margins. It was built to be the integrator we wished we had while inside the system.

We have assembled senior technologists, transformation leaders, cyber specialists, IRAP assessors, and strategic advisors. People who have worked within government, know what good looks like, and know what is broken.

And we are backing them with a national network of sovereign partners to deliver.

The challenge
To those in government, industry, and policy circles:

• Are you preserving the status quo, or helping reshape it?
• Are you chasing opportunity, or delivering outcomes?
• Are you watching from the sidelines, or stepping forward?

We have made our choice.

We were built for this moment. To stand in the gap between what is needed and what is delivered.

Not to be different.

But to make a difference.

“Be the best you CAN.B”