Australia is endowed with rich economic geology, and is an acknowledged leader in mineral production, in minerals governance, and in garnering broad economic benefits from its large mining and processing sector. This report is intended to provide the government with a road map to ‘step up’ to (re)activate Australia’s mineral leadership.

A recurrent theme in Australia’s defence strategy has been our reliance on and need to defend Australia’s trade routes in a globalised world. The strengths and vulnerabilities of our linkages to the world are becoming more evident, and are the focus of this report.

This report analyses economic security policies used by the United States and Japan over the last century to manage the risks and opportunities of global resource flows in an interconnected and dangerous world. The report also considers the current economic security institutional structures employed by those countries, and draws a key lesson for Australia.

The author of this paper argues that policy-makers and civil society organisations invested in climate policy will need to think holistically about green industrial policy and weigh risks and opportunities carefully.

The Productivity Commission was asked to identify policies and interventions that enhance the resilience of New Zealand’s economy and living standards to persistent medium-term supply chain disruptions. This report outlines the findings from the Commission's research.