This article examines the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s evolving mandate to counter foreign interference, comparing Cold War era reforms with 21st century reforms. It finds that recent reforms differed dramatically from those of earlier decades, taking a more outward-facing and coercive form.

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.

This report provides a comparative analysis of how five Indo‑Pacific countries – Australia, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea – have sought to balance foreign ownership, control and influence risks when assessing technology vendors. The aim is to explore which approaches represent best practice and might inform other regional countries as they balance the benefits...

This report outlines the cyber threats Australia is facing. It describes the cyber threat landscape of who is targeting Australia, what malicious cyber actors are targeting and common techniques used by malicious cyber actors. It presents the year in review and protection actions for all Australians.

Aggressive geoeconomic interference by Beijing will soon devastate Australia’s smelting and metal refining regions unless the Federal Government acts decisively according to this report. The report finds that China is now spending more on industrial subsidisation than on defence. A loss of refining capacity means an undermining of sovereign capacity.