This Policy Analysis, authored by Dr Anthony Bergin, outlines eight critical challenges in Australian homeland security. It suggests that protecting Australia at home from a wide range of threats is a national enterprise that requires determined efforts by all tiers of government, the private sector and the wider Australian community.

This report of an Independent Task Force examines the contribution that business can make to Australian disaster management. The Task Force makes a number of important recommendations to integrate the private sector into our disaster response capabilities. Task Force members were Anthony Bergin, Alex Candetti, Kate Carnell, Andrew Ethell, Bruce Howard, Damian McMeekin, Warren Mitchell...

This Policy Analysis, authored by Carl Ungerer and Anthony Bergin, examines the inaugural Australian National Security Statement released on 4 December by the Prime Minister. The statement goes some way to outlining the broad range of risks and threats facing Australia, but it represents only a partial strategy. At this stage, the jury must remain...

This report examines the implications of climate change for Australia's police forces and officers. It is written by Anthony Bergin and Ross Allen. The report has a number of recommendations including the creation of an information hub and the development of risk assessments of the locations that will be most affected by climate change as...

This Policy Analysis, authored by Anthony Bergin, discusses the new Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence which will open in Queanbeyan in November. It will focus on bringing a range of agencies together to develop practical contributions to stabilisation, reconstruction and peacekeeping. The Centre should also examine civil–military co-operation in catastrophic disasters in Australia and...