This report draws on three nationally representative survey and eight deliberative focus groups. It reveals complexity and commonalities in Australian community attitudes to national security, risk and resilience. The findings are intended to offer an evidence-based foundation for the hard conversations – and choices – a more dangerous world demands at a moment of compounding...

Too often, government consultation is treated as a box-ticking exercise – yet it sits at the heart of legitimacy, accountability and public trust. This paper shows how public consultation integrity can deliver better decisions and reduce the disproportionate influence of vested interests, but only when consultation is genuine, accessible and done early – before outcomes...

The report examines the adoption and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) by Australian charities, finding the benefits for the sector come with particular risks. Although AI adoption in charities is driven by structural necessity, algorithmic decision-making could introduce new risks of accountability gaps and discrimination. The report identifies six principles for AI governance in charities.

This paper examines pseudolaw and its most prominent adherents, sovereign citizens. It outlines pseudolaw and its origins, sets out common arguments and beliefs, and explores factors for its spread in New South Wales and Australia. While the scale of the phenomenon is difficult to precisely identify, the paper discusses its impacts and ways to respond.

The report warns Australia’s social cohesion is under sustained pressure. It argues that social cohesion should be treated as a core pillar of national security, aligning leadership, policing, education, regulation and community investment around three objectives: protecting freedom while maintaining order, enabling disagreement without disorder and rebuilding a shared sense of belonging.