Author: Jaymee Hick, University of Western Australia
Foreign interference is advancing beyond Australia’s electoral processes to the realm of academic institutions.
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Author: Jessie Storey, University of Queensland
On September 10 2001, the US National Security Agency (NSA) intercepted intelligence of two Arabic messages sent between individuals with ‘terrorist connections’. On September 11 2001, two planes hijacked by terrorist group Al Qaeda flew into the Twin Towers in New York City, killing nearly 3000 people. On September 12 2001, the messages were translated, one day too late.
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Author: Rebecca Banagala, ANU
If you’re reading this, you’re on the internet. As such, you’re a user of the Internet of Things (IoT)– the network of physical devices connected to the internet.
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Preparing young people for an uncertain future
Author: Alexi Heazle, Australian Crisis Simulation Summit
There is no doubt that Australia is entering a new era of heightened national security concerns. The Black Summer bushfire season highlighted inadequacies in climate-security thinking and disaster response policy in Australia. Although lessons were learned by the Coalition government, demonstrated in its relatively effective response to containing the spread of COVID-19, the widespread impacts of the pandemic were virtually impossible to predict.
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