This report provides an industry perspective on AUKUS Pillar 2 – the security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States focussed on joint development of advanced capabilities. It recommends that AUKUS Pillar 2 must shift from a policy development to capability execution focus through capability development and acquisition pathways.

This report analyses Australia and Indonesia's defence and wider security partnership, identifying several areas where the countries should productively concentrate their efforts in the coming years. The Australia–Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement provides useful avenues to expand the defence relationship at a time when Indonesia finds itself courted by other countries that don’t share Australia’s security...

This report aims to help the Australian Government and its defence apparatus negotiate Australia's security environment at a time of great global upheaval. It presents the new realities of the Australian-US alliance, examines how $59 billion p.a. in taxpayers’ money is being spent and concludes with recommendations for a Minister for Defence after the 2025...

A review conducted to ensure Australia's intelligence agencies are best positioned to continue to serve the national interest. It found a need for deeper integration of intelligence with other arms of government. The review provides 67 recommendations including investing in further capability to ensure the intelligence community maintains its high performance.

This strategy identifies the conditions to develop the sovereign industrial capability needed to deliver, operate and sustain future conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarines, while also ensuring Australia's existing Collins class submarines are sustained and upgraded until their eventual withdrawal from service. The strategy sets out five critical lines of effort to boost Australian industry uplift.