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Jason Goodman
Mon, 2 Nov - Fri, 27 Nov 2026

Leading through disruption: executive development for senior executives (SES1 and equivalent)

This immersive four-week program provides current and emerging senior leaders with a contemporary perspective on national security and the intersection between domestic and international issues.

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31 July 2024

‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’: Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed

George Brandis writes about the history of the controversial decision to move ASIO to the Department of Home Affairs and how the recent reversal restores proper oversight and legal constraints.
  • National Intelligence Community
  • Intelligence
  • ASIO
  • Politics
The National Security Podcast
17 Apr 2025
The National Security Podcast

Is Australia prepared? Lessons from the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review

In this episode Chris Taylor and Miah Hammond-Errey join Rory Medcalf to delve into the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review, discussing the role of intelligence in an uncertain world, the relationship between intelligence and policy, and the impact of technology on intelligence. 

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12 May 2022

A regrettable necessity: the future of Australian covert action

William A. Stoltz analyses the most unexamined component of Australia’s international statecraft, covert action.
  • covert action
  • Australia
  • National Intelligence Community
  • Intelligence
The National Security Podcast
06 Nov 2025
The National Security Podcast

Seeing the unseen: why geospatial intelligence is important

In this episode Kathryn McMullan joins Sally Bulkeley to discuss the importance of geospatial intelligence, how it contributes to statecraft, and how the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) works with other partners to enhance national security and resilience. 

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Jed Buchanan, NSC
10 November 2025

ACIC CEO ‘opens the books’ on serious and organised crime

NSC hosted the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission CEO Heather Cook’s inaugural public address on the impact of serious and organised crime on Australia.
  • Transnational crime
  • organised crime
  • Intelligence
  • Five Eyes
  • National Intelligence Community
The National Security Podcast
14 Nov 2024
The National Security Podcast

George Brandis on how politics and national security intersect

In this episode, George Brandis – Australia's former Attorney-General and High Commissioner to the United kingdom – joins David Andrews to discuss the politics of national security policymaking.

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12 February 2021

The domestic security grey zone: navigating the space between foreign influence and foreign interference

Katherine Mansted analyses Australia's response to foreign influence and foreign interference.
  • Australian security
  • foreign influence
  • Foreign Interference
  • Intelligence
  • National Intelligence Community
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07 October 2021

Improving national security governance: options for strengthening cabinet control and parliamentary oversight

William Stoltz proposes reforms to Australia's national security institutions.
  • Legislative reform
  • National Intelligence Community
  • Australian security
The National Security Podcast
05 Feb 2026
The National Security Podcast

Why organised crime is now a national security threat

In this episode, Heather Cook joins Rory Medcalf to discuss the evolving landscape of transnational crime and its implications for national security in Australia.

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The National Security Podcast
15 Jun 2023
The National Security Podcast

Australia’s intelligence leaders in conversation

In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, and Director-General of Security, Mike Burgess, join Professor Rory Medcalf to discuss the state of Australian intelligence.

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10 June 2025

Harnessing NIC surveillance for better climate security outcomes

Isabelle Bond | The Strategist
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15 August 2024

Right-sizing the terror threat

Ben Scott | The Interpreter
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14 November 2024

Will the Intelligence Review bring DIO into the light?

David Schaefer | The Interpreter