We have not been able to develop an intelligence workforce that can keep up with the speed of advancing technologies and their threat to our national security.
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A Senate report recommended several measures the government should take to prepare for climate-fuelled migration, natural disasters and conflicts. The response so far has been underwhelming.
To understand the threat better, we need to devote more resources to monitoring and tracking far-right forums and social networks and a national database tracking hate crimes.
The purpose of the NSIA is to protect national security information from being disclosed in courts. But this can undermine a defendant’s ability to argue his or her innocence.
Australia now has one of the most comprehensive ranges of anti-terrorism laws of any Western democracy. It’s time to think creatively about solutions, rather than continually reworking old strategies.
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Associate Professor, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University