A review by former Finance Department secretary Rosemary Huxtable, tabled by Foreign Minister Penny Wong earlier this week, has rightfully confirmed that the Foreign Arrangements Scheme remains a vital pillar of Australia’s national resilience strategy, …
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is about to transform, shifting from its traditional law enforcement and investigative roles to a more focussed intelligence mandate. This change comes in response to the recommendations from the …
The 2024 independent intelligence review’s terms of reference affirm that recruitment is a challenge for Australia’s national intelligence agencies. The review’s remit includes evaluating whether agencies’ workforce decisions reflect a sufficiently strategic response to current …
‘Our intelligence agencies underpin our national security objectives, including helping to safeguard our sovereignty in an increasingly uncertain security environment. This Independent Review will make sure that our intelligence agencies are best positioned to serve …
Independent reviews of Australia’s intelligence community are undertaken every five to seven years—a schedule set by 2004’s post–Iraq war Flood report, which replaced reactive post-mortems with proactive check-ups. July will mark six years since the …
