In 1922, German political theorist Carl Schmitt wrote a seminal essay arguing that sovereignty is defined by the power to suspend state law during times of extraordinary threat to national security. The government can then neutralise that …
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Over many decades, Hans Ohff and Jon Stanford have made significant contributions to the defence debate in Australia and they’ve have earned the right to comment. As Australian shipbuilders and submariners engaged in the highest level of …
Last week it emerged that the Western Australian government, in an apparent attempt to appease the Chinese Communist Party, had given itself the right to stop people from hiring certain public venues if they identify …
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the myGov website was overwhelmed when worried Australians attempted to access the service. In 2016, the online census system was taken offline on census night after problems arising from a …
In part 1 of this series, we talked about Australia’s rapidly changing strategic environment. In this follow-up, we focus on ways that Australia’s foreign policy funding models should adapt to accommodate to this new environment. …