This week in State of the States, the Australian Institute of International Affairs warns that Australia has been slow to recognise submarine cables as strategic targets, and Dr Jillian Spencer has been vindicated in her professional right to criticise the gender affirmation of minors. Don’t Forget the Undersea CablesThe AIIA (Australian Institute of International Affairs) reports on the following remarks of Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles at the Shangri-La Dialogue in May, 2026: “The seabed is becoming a battlefield,” and “we have been slow – collectively slow – to recognise (submarine cables) as the strategic targets they have become…