This week on The Beat, we discuss the implications of Abbott’s national security address, the Australian Crime Commission’s appearance at the House Standing Committee on Communications, unexplained wealth and metadata laws, the Australian Cyber Security …
In a town that’s already cluttered with reviews and white papers, do we really need another one? My answer, which I argue in a new paper released today (available here), is an unequivocal yes. As far …
In an ASPI Special Report launched today, we explore options for future police engagement between Australia and Papua New Guinea. In July 2013, during negotiations to reopen the Manus Island detention centre, PNG Prime Minister …
This year marks an important anniversary: 50 years ago, in May 1964, 40 Australian police officers arrived in Cyprus for a 12-month mission in what was to be the beginning of Australian civilian police involvement …
In its report from earlier this year, the National Commission of Audit recommended that the CrimTrac Agency, which collects data about crime, be merged with the nation’s leading criminal intelligence agency, the Australian Crime Commission. …
