Australia's security challenges cannot be borne by the Department of Defence and armed forces alone. Australian governments have failed to deliver a comprehensive approach to national security. This report examines the government’s national security spending as a whole and reviews the attention given to the nation’s preparedness and resilience. It provides eight recommendations.

Australia faces increasing threats from natural disasters, pandemics and geopolitical tensions, necessitating robust preparedness mechanisms. This report recommends a road map of immediate, near-term and longer-term initiatives that the Australian Government should embrace. The report outlines building an effective national preparedness system, and the capabilities and capacities needed for it, using Finland as an exemplar.

A wide-ranging collection of analyses and recommendations to assist the next Australian Government in its deliberations and planning. The structure reflects five interrelated aspects: the need to defend Australia; navigating a new world order; reform of security architecture and policies; securing critical infrastructure; and protection and use of natural resources. Each chapter includes prioritised policy...

This green paper aims to deepen understanding of food security and inform policymaking in a changing geopolitical and technological context. It outlines 14 policy options including centralising the coordination, and decentralising the delivery, of preparedness activities; establishing accountability; and embedding food security as a national security priority and a key element of Australia’s engagement across...

This report examines the vulnerability of emerging economies across the Indo-Pacific and Latin America in the face of economic cyber espionage and the degree to which major emerging economies in these regions are prepared to respond. Countries in the study have been assessed and given a risk label indicating their vulnerability.