Australia’s climate is projected to become harsher, putting more stress on our living conditions. Arguably, we need to adapt the design, use and maintenance of infrastructure and building stocks in response to a changing climate …
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For a risk manager, few metaphors resonate more than that of a ‘black swan’ event. Equally interesting is the historical link between this term denoting low likelihood but extremely significant disruptive events and Australia. Europeans …
The inadequacy of Australia’s liquid fuel reserves is like a bothersome itch that won’t go away. Recent reporting of serious concerns about Australia’s liquid fuel vulnerabilities by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security …
Australia’s latest foreign policy white paper is—like the geostrategic region it purports to describe—complex and challenging. White papers usually are, because they are the product of many hands. But in this case there are other …
The beat Meth and cocaine plot foiled Cooperation between NSW State Crime Command, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and Mexico’s federal police has thwarted a plot to import drugs into …