Tag: ASPI

New ASPI chief was a Coalition govt captain’s call

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The new chief of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute was not the preferred candidate of the influential think tank’s advisory council, which had made a recommendation to government after...

Marise Payne’s CoS tipped for top ASPI role

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Justin Bassi, a Turnbull-era national security advisor and the current chief-of-staff for Foreign Minister Marise Payne will reportedly take the lead of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute next year....

Marise Payne outlines nation’s ‘red lines’ on tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Dangerous disinformation and “arbitrary incursions on liberties” are the technology red lines that Australia won’t allow to be crossed, according to Foreign Affairs minister Marise Payne. On Friday she...

Critical technologies under a national security spotlight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Quantum computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity services and autonomous vehicles will come under increased government scrutiny, particularly around foreign interference, as part of the federal government’s new critical technologies framework...

ASPI ‘soft target’ warning on ransomware

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ransomware attacks will only get worse for Australia without strategic domestic efforts to thwart it, according to a new report which warns a “policy vacuum” has made the nation...