Policy report
National food security preparedness green paper
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...
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Assessing the preparedness of emerging economies to defend against cyber-enabled IP theft
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.
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Governmental practices in protecting IP-intensive industries
Despite playing a key economic role, intellectual property (IP) industries are not protected or secured to the same degree as government agencies or critical infrastructure. This report examines how various countries have used regulatory, legal, and policy interventions to protect IP-producing entities against cyber-espionage. It encourages policymakers to be more proactive in the defence of...
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Lessons in leadership: interviews with 11 of Australia's former Defence Ministers
In this collection of interviews, former Defence Ministers from both sides of Australian politics give their views on topics ranging from the complexity of dealing with a massive department, to the grief they shared with families at the funerals of slain soldiers.
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The future of intelligence analysis: US-Australia project on AI and human machine teaming
This paper explores the potential of Generative AI powered by large language models for intelligence tasks involving unstructured data. It looks at potential areas for cooperation including opportunities for international Intelligence Community leaders to collaborate on the development and responsible deployment of AI.