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The WikiLeaks founder has been granted leave to appeal the order to extradite him to the US. What happens now?
Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
ASIO chief says technology companies should do more to work with security agencies to ensure access to encrypted messages, where that access is lawful.
The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
Nigeria’s school abductions are a sign of neglect of territorial and human security in the country.
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
Amid reports of a dip in US production of nuclear submarines and concerns about the future of the agreement under Donald Trump, some have questioned the viability of AUKUS. But they need not worry.
ASIO is effective in defeating threats and being transparent in reporting on them, but its latest annual threat assessment leaves room to question its strategic priorities.
The fact that the presidency is attempting to get away with minimal regulation of bulk interception raises doubt about its commitment to ending intelligence abuse.
The bill seeks greater intelligence powers but neglects oversight.
Cabinet Office papers expose Thatcher’s anxiety over the famous book, and the difference between governing in the 1980s and the modern information age.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
The Climate statement, prepared by departmental officials, will be released by the Minister for Climate and Energy Chris Bowen on Thursday with updated security warnings.
David McBride helped bring about a reckoning with the Australian Defence Force, but came at a legal cost. Will it stop others coming forward?
A new report from the Modern Language Association shows an unprecedented drop in the study of foreign languages among college students.
Nearly four years on from the start of the pandemic, there has been no independent review of the role the intelligence agencies played during the crisis.
The loudest disagreements at this year’s ALP national conference are likely to be on foreign policy - the AUKUS deal prime among them.
The Security Intelligence Service needs public support and trust to do its work well. Adding a degree of transparency to it’s annual threat assessment should help.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor in Public Law and Human Rights, Durham University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Research Fellow, Research School of Psychology, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Law School, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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