Kim ‘Bomber’ Beazley, twice federal opposition leader, a former ambassador to the United States, and a former governor of Western Australia, has re-emerged from the West to issue a call to arms – though he fears it may all be too late.

With the urgency of the young Lochinvar he is unstoppable in his desire to awaken Australians, as he paints a dire picture of the nation’s lack of defence preparedness.