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Map of Australia and the regions, with people stnading on it.
ktsdesign, Adobe Stock
25 May 2025

Issues Paper: thinking about our national security

This Issues Paper is a conversation starter, to help you think about what you may choose to tell us during the consultation process. Your views matter.
  • Community consultations
  • preparedness
  • resilience
  • Securing our Future
Securing our Future – A ready and resilient Australia, 24–25 March 2026
NSC
16 February 2026

Securing our Future 2026 program

Conference program available now – 'Securing our Future: a ready an resilient Australia'.
  • Securing our Future
  • preparedness
  • resilience
Securing our Future – A ready and resilient Australia, 24–25 March 2026
NSC
13 January 2026

Registrations now open – Securing our Future 2026

We’re excited to announce that registration is now live for NSC's flagship 'Securing our Future 2026' conference.
  • Community consultations
  • Securing our Future
  • preparedness
  • resilience
Professor Rory Medcalf delivering the 2025 Sir James Plimsoll Lecture
NSC
22 May 2025

Time to talk: Australian resilience and preparedness in the new world disorder

Transcript of Professor Rory Medcalf's address at the 2025 Sir James Plimsoll Lecture.
  • preparedness
  • resilience
  • National security
  • Securing our Future
  • Community consultations
Rory Medcalf at NSC's 'Securing our Future' conference.
Rory Medcalf at NSC's 'Securing our Future' conference. Image: NSC
21 June 2024

Securing our Future: opening address by Professor Rory Medcalf

This paper is based on the speech by Professor Rory Medcalf at NSC’s ‘Securing our Future’ conference.
  • Securing our Future
  • National security
  • National consultations
PM&C Secretary Glyn Davis at NSC's 'Securing our Future' conference.
PM&C Secretary Glyn Davis at NSC's 'Securing our Future' conference.
10 April 2024

Security at what price? Keeping safe, while staying free

Professor Glyn Davis AC, Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet delivered a speech at ANU National Security College’s Securing our Future conference.
  • Securing our Future
Professor Rory Medcalf with Senator the Hon Penny Wong
Rohan Thompson/ANU
16 May 2024

ANU to lead national consultation on Australians’ view on security

First-of-its-kind program to provide comprehensive insight on the nation's attitudes to national security.
  • National security
  • Securing our Future
  • Community consultations
ANU National Security College building
30 January 2026

Message from the Head of College: January 2026

Professor Rory Medcalf talks about the need for Australia to prepare for the growing risks to its security and the year ahead for the College.
  • Head of College message
  • Monthly message
  • Securing our Future
NSC staff at Securing our Future: a ready and resilient Australia
Rohan Thomson
09 April 2026

Message from the Head of College: March 2026

Professor Rory Medcalf reflects on NSC's Community Consultations Reports, the Securing our Future conference and other important work by the College in March 2026.
  • Community consultations
  • Securing our Future
  • resilience
  • preparedness
Securing our Future globe
Securing our Future globe
Wed, 12 Jun 2024

'Securing our Future' Brisbane

Join the ANU National Security College at Brisbane City Hall on June 12 as we continue a series of distinctly Australian conversations about national security.

Register Here
Andrew Shearer with students at teh career expo
Image: NSC
01 October 2024

Securing your future: NSC hosts graduate career expo

NSC hosted its inaugural graduate career expo to connect students with intelligence and national security employers and talk about career opportunities.
  • Careers
  • Securing our Future