This policy analysis looks at Australian universities as potential terrorist targets. It then considers steps that should be taken to improve protective security for our universities, enhance terrorism research and strengthen the role of universities in providing solutions for countering terrorism. A comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy that incorporates defence of the Australian homeland is not solely...

Anthony Bergin and Raspal Khosa suggest that while positive steps have been taken in recent years, there are deficiencies in our healthcare system for mass casualty care. It suggests that further steps need to be taken to meet our healthcare preparedness, response and recovery goals for mass casualty incidents. While recognising that some hospital resource...

Produced by ASPI and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, this report outlines the key issues that will shape our approach to Antarctica. These include challenges to Australia’s territorial claim, resource exploitation, illegal fishing, the direct effects of climate change, increased tourists, and the potential for bio-prospecting and iceberg harvesting industries developing. Currently...

The January 2007 Sydney conference that Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT, the Party of Liberation) organised raises dilemmas that have a long history in liberal democracies. HT encourages indirectly, and sometimes more directly, political violence by its inciting propaganda. It uses Australian tolerance to promote radical propaganda, even against Australia itself. This paper argues that HT’s proselytising...

Australians or Australian interests have been the target of a planned or conducted terrorist attack every year since 2001. As the nature of the terrorist threat evolves and adapts to our counter-terrorism operations and policies it is argued that we need a national institute to provide a focal point for research and policy innovation in...