This report showcases how biotechnologies are increasingly being applied across food supply chains, provide value-added opportunities in traditional agriculture and develop new food production systems. The report positions emerging biotechnologies and biomanufacturing as Australia’s best and under-appreciated opportunity to strengthen food security and national resilience, while also opening up substantial economic opportunities.

With space activities expanding at an unprecedented rate, space logistics is becoming increasingly critical to ensure the sustainable use of space. This report outlines key issues that need to be addressed related to space logistics – the dual-use nature of rendezvous and proximity operations, their consequences in terms of space debris, and the sustainability and...

This report documents the width and depth of fragmentation of cybersecurity regulation in the Indo-Pacific – focusing on Australia, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. It investigates whether the divergent regulatory burdens placed on the private sector is creating a systemic vulnerability and therefore deserves a strategic policy response.

Northern Australia is central to the nation’s future. This report reframes northern Australia as a developing economy within a developed nation. Drawing on a detailed analysis of the Northern Territory and extending to northern Queensland and northern Western Australia, the report presents a comprehensive, evidence-based argument for nation-building through targeted investment.

This report analyses Australia and Indonesia's defence and wider security partnership, identifying several areas where the countries should productively concentrate their efforts in the coming years. The Australia–Indonesia Defence Cooperation Agreement provides useful avenues to expand the defence relationship at a time when Indonesia finds itself courted by other countries that don’t share Australia’s security...