News commentaries
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Shaun Holfert, 17 June 2026
Australia's Broken Disinformation Response: Is there a Quick Fix
Shaun Holfert, 17 June 2026
Beyond Definition: Why Australia's Royal Commission Must Focus on Fighting Antisemitism
Clare Boyd, 10 June 2026
Data Centres and the Cost of Digital Acceleration: Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts
Greg Austin, 8 June 2026
Sloganeering for AI Safety: "Slip, Slop, Slap"
Ravi Nayyar, 2 June 2026
Cyber and AI: ASIC Recommends Going Back to the Future
Social Cyber Institute, 13 May 2025, Greg Austin
A Tale of Two Cities: Singapore beating Canberra in AI Budget Imagination
Editorial: Social Cyber Institute, 4 May 2026
AI Accountable Officials in the APS
Social Cyber Institute, 30 April 2026, Greg Austin
Long road ahead on defeating hate speech and preventing extremist violence in Australia
Social Cyber Institute, 16 April 2026, Gary Waters
Editorial: Social Cyber Institute, 29 March 2026, Greg Austin and Glenn Withers
Stop Sleepwalking: Build Australia's AI Capability
The Strategist, 20 August 2025, Gary Waters and Greg Austin
Building civil preparedness for cyber catastrophe
Bloomberg TV, 30 April 2025, Greg Austin
How China is Building an Army of Hackers
The Conversation, 27 August 2024, Greg Austin
Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission
Lowy Interpreter, 7 May 2024, Brendan Walker-Munro
Securing Australia's Quantum Technology
The Conversation, 23 April 2024, Dan Swantesson
Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely
The Conversation, 4 March 2024, Greg Austin
Over-emphasising some things, underplaying others: ASIO’s threat assessment is underpinned by confusing logic
Australian Outlook, 19 February 2024
China’s Military Buildup: the Biggest Since 1945?
The Conversation, 22 November 2023, Greg Austin
Forgiveness or punishment? The government’s proposed ‘safe harbour’ laws send mixed messages on cyber security
The Conversation, 18 August 2023, Greg Austin
The US navy is still more powerful than China’s: more so than the Australian government is letting on
The Conversation, 4 May 2023, Greg Austin
Deterring China isn’t all about submarines. Australia’s ‘cyber offence’ might be its most potent weapon
The Conversation, 28 July 2020, Greg Austin
Explainer: why is the South China Sea such a hotly contested region?
LinkedIn - 27 March 2022, Greg Austin
Russia ICT Sector in Freefall?
Nikkei Asia - 29 June 2021, Greg Austin
China is not the cyber superpower that many people think
IISS - 18 February 2021, Greg Austin
SolarWinds attack underlines importance of US cyber-security upgrades
IISS - 1 October 2020, Greg Austin and Alexander Stronell
Why Putin’s Call for a US/Russia Cyber Reset Will Fall on Deaf Ears
IISS - 14 August 2020, Greg Austin
5G Debate: Challenges Still Ahead
The Conversation, 30 June 2020, Greg Austin
Morrison’s $1.3 billion for more ‘cyber spies’ is an incremental response to a radical problem
China Story Blog, 19 June 2020, Greg Austin
China’s cyber defence weakness: military consequences
Disruptive Asia, Volume 3, Asia Society Australia, Greg Austin
Digital China: Has Australia Been Spooked?
IISS Blog, 20 January 2020, Greg Austin
Can there be any winners in the US-China Tech War
The Conversation. 15 October 2019, Greg Austin
Australia is facing a looming cyber emergency, and we don’t have the high-tech workforce to counter it
The Conversation, 16 May 2019, Greg Austin
US ban on Huawei likely following Trump cybersecurity crackdown – and Australia is on board
The Conversation. 11 April 2019, Greg Austin
Australia is vulnerable to a catastrophic cyber attack, but the Coalition has a poor cyber security track record
The Conversation, 10 January 2019, Greg Austin
Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they’ve been hacked?