The Australian Government is undertaking a review of the services available to help people in need of assistance to access and make the most of the telecommunication choices available to them, including the National Relay Service (NRS). While relay services provide vital support, new technologies—such as those enabled by the internet and smartphones—allow people in...

This Background Note documents the evolution of the international responses to the uprising in Syria from March 2011 to June 2012. This includes the reactions of international bodies such as the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), as well as key individual countries. On 12 June 2012 the...

This is a compilation of actions undertaken over the past decade relating to the establishment of a second Sydney airport. This is a compilation of actions undertaken over the past decade relating to the establishment of a second Sydney airport. For the period prior to 2002, readers should consult the Parliamentary Library Chronology No. 2...

This discussion paper contains a package of proposals for telecommunications interception reform, telecommunications sector security reform and Australian intelligence community legislation reform.

This report provides an insight into Serious and Organised Investment Fraud currently affecting Australia. The insights contained in this report are based on the consolidation of open source information which is informed by intelligence collected under Task Force Galilee. Serious and Organised Investment Fraud involves the solicitation of investment in non-existent or essentially worthless shares...