Representatives from universities and security agencies will band together to form a new foreign-interference taskforce. The taskforce will be comprised 50% from the university sector…

The Australian Defence Force wants to roll out military technology in Antarctica. This raises the issue of what is, or is not, legitimate use of…

Defence industry SMEs from South Australia have won more than $8 million in contracts to provide the Australian Defence Force with a capability edge.

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester has released a new reconciliation action plan to build relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities…

Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo has argued the person who leaked a top secret document should go to jail, at the parliamentary inquiry into press…

Experts from across the globe have gathered in Canberra to explore the ethics of artificial intelligence in a range of defence contexts, including weapons systems,…

Here is Martin Parkinson’s speech delivered to the Asia Briefing Live Economy and Business Session in Sydney on 8 August. It is clear that the…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated Australia will join a multinational peacekeeping force to protect freedom of navigation in the Gulf, but at this stage,…

The Department of Defence's policies and procedures surrounding abuse must be trauma-informed and should foster a reporting culture, according to the Defence Force Ombudsman. The…

Mike Burgess will take over as head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation on September 15 after the retirement of Duncan Lewis, leaving a new…

Australia's vice-chancellors will receive a high-level cyber security briefing from the Australian Signals Directorate. The briefing will update universities on the latest security risks and…

After a string of Defence industry data breaches, senior public servant Greg Moriarty has opened up about government's current thinking on the vulnerabilities to Australia's…

The Department of Defence has signed a $95.5 million contract with computing giant IBM, for the "initial design" of a massive new administrative computer system.

The Department of Defence's processes for granting public service employees' travel allowances are ineffective, according to the national Auditor-General, with a collection of policies, procedures…