This report argues that Australia’s National Intelligence Community faces a growing mismatch between how intelligence is produced and how it is now consumed in an artificial intelligence shaped information environment. As ministers, policymakers and operational leaders increasingly expect information that is faster, more interactive and more tailored, the report warns that intelligence risks losing relevance.

Australia’s prosperity rests on systems that appear permanent but depend on continuous inputs that arrive from beyond its borders. This report proposes that Australia must now shift from optimising for cost to securing continuity. It draws on public policy documents, industry case examples and published data to frame resilience as a practical national problem.

This compendium brings together articles published over the past six months, examining the strategic, economic and policy challenges shaping northern Australia’s future. They examine how northern Australia is increasingly central to Australia’s strategic posture, economic resilience and long-term national preparedness. The articles are authored by experts across national security, economic policy, infrastructure, regional development and...

Australia’s 2026–27 Defence Budget commits the Commonwealth to spending approximately $181.9 million on defence every day. This report examines the Australian Government’s progress with, and spending on, the 2026 National Defence Strategy and the updated Integrated Investment Program. The series has, year after year, assessed what governments said they would do against what the books...

Climate change is not only warming the planet but also increasing humidity. This report focuses primarily on the broad category of extreme humid-heat events. The report’s main objective is to show that the impacts aren’t isolated: they cascade through societies, magnified by other climate hazards, such as storms and flooding.