In response to growing concerns about foreign interference, the Canadian government has proposed new legislation to combat this threat. This paper examines how Canada's allies in the Five Eyes security alliance have implemented foreign influence transparency registries and what lessons can be learnt.

The Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee was tasked with inquiring into how to appropriately regulate access to Australian Parliament by lobbyists, and how to improve the current transparency arrangements without unduly impeding what is both a legitimate political activity and an important feature of Australian democracy.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is leveraging its propaganda system to build a toolkit to enable information campaigns. Its objective is to control communication and shape narratives and perceptions about China in order to present a specific version of truth and reality, both domestically and internationally. This report finds that the CCP seeks to harvest...

Coordinated disinformation campaigns are now an established feature of domestic politics in Australia’s region. This paper argues that a multilateral approach to the building of new norms and standards in the digital age is an urgent priority, and that Australia should position itself to be an influential participant in these debates.

This report explores how synthetic content produced by Generative AI poses risks to the core democratic values of truth, equality, and non-violence. It proposes two action plans for what private and public decision-makers should be doing to safeguard democratic integrity immediately, and in the long run.