Australia has long struggled to meet its obligations to maintain a domestic supply of liquid fuels, drawing the condemnation of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and leaving the nation critically vulnerable to fluctuations in price and geo-strategic competition, now amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) John Blackburn, AO, believes is the time to rectify…
Bangladesh, Cuba, Iran, Mali and Turkmenistan share an unexpected connection to Australia, and it isn’t membership of a tourist destination hot list. Click here to read this article from The Australian Financial Review – https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/australia-is-rich-dumb-and-getting-dumber-20191007-p52y8i
Given Australia’s advanced society many were surprised, disbelieving even, when the latest Harvard Atlas of Economic Complexity rated us low on the complexity scale. Japan, Switzerland, and South Korea sit at the top of the ranking. Czech Republic ranked 6th in the world while the US slipped out of the top 10 into 12th position. Click here…
Overview: In 2019 Australia was the number 13 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 19 in total exports, the number 23 in total imports, the number 12 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 79 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI).…
“People wasting away in paradise” — that’s how Peter Garrett described Australia in a Midnight Oil song back in 1982. He was lamenting Australia’s complacency and willingness to rely on foreign powers for our economic fortune. Click here to read this article on ABC News – Is Australia an innovation nation or beneficiary of dumb…
As the defence industry awaits the release of the government’s sovereign industrial capability plan, a key industry body has put forward its ideal definition of sovereign capability for the defence industry. Click here to read this article on Defence Connect Sovereign capability definition debate ongoing – Defence Connect
Foreign cloud companies such as Amazon and Microsoft would be restricted from handling certain government data sets as part of a new government plan following concerns over the security of COVIDSafe data. Click here to read this article on InnovationAus – Govt finally backs sovereign cloud capability
For a government that has turned its attention to sovereign capability and supply chain issues in its response to the coronavirus pandemic, industry growth centre AustCyber has come up with some research that will make its hair curl. Click here to read this article on InnovationAus Digital trust and sovereign cyber capability
While Energy Minister Angus Taylor has highlighted that Australia’s ‘supply chain resilience has meant that during the Covid-19 pandemic, we have not faced shortages’, he, and the government more broadly, have also acknowledged that Australia needs to improve its resilience. Click here to read this article on ASPI – The Australian Strategic Policy Institute – A super…
The federal government will expand domestic fuel reserves under a plan it says will enhance national sovereignty. Click here to read this article on The Australian Financial Review – Coronavirus Australia: Domestic fuel reserves to be boosted
