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The unclassified report of the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review was released on Friday. The reviewers recognised Australia faces both a more dangerous international environment and a growing need to defend itself against threats to its democracy, social cohesion and essential infrastructure. They concluded that Australia’s intelligence agencies have worked hard and with considerable success in response to protect the nation and support government priorities. Andrew Shearer, the Director-General of National Intelligence, has acknowledged the Review’s findings: ‘I am proud the Review found the NIC to be highly capable and performing well. As the reviewers noted, significant effort has been expended to help build the NIC as it is today – a more capable and integrated intelligence enterprise.’ You can read the UNCLASSIFIED Final Report on the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet’s website: https://lnkd.in/gPe7SDjc #NationalSecurity #Intelligence #AustralianGovernmentReview

ONI provides the Prime Minister and other members of the National Security Committee of Cabinet with intelligence-based advice, analysis and assessments. As part of this, we are committed to analytical rigour, contestability and independence. Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, has explained how ONI promotes and upholds a culture of contestability: "We work very hard to build an environment where people can express themselves. Where you can have a contest of ideas, which is about the contest of ideas, not personalities and playing the person. And where people are encouraged to be brave." To learn more about our approach, you can listen to Mr Shearer and Director-General of Security, Mike Burgess, in conversation with the head of the ANU National Security College, Professor Rory Medcalf AM. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/ggQfUhN7 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g2436pXu #Intelligence #IntelligenceCommunity #StrategicWarning #NationalSecurity #Contestability #GovernmentResponse #Leadership

In a podcast with the University of Melbourne, the Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer was asked how ONI decides what to cover analytically amid so much strategic, economic and technological change. Andrew Shearer: “We're not just here looking at these events as they come towards us and recede in the background as a kind of passive observer. We are trying to inform our decision makers, to help them understand patterns, to help them understand the key drivers of what's changing in our world and changing our world so that not only they can respond to those events, but ideally they can help to shape some of those drivers of change in ways that are advantageous to us by making us a more secure country, for example, making us a more resilient country, or making us a more prosperous country.” Read more and listen here: https://lnkd.in/gFZXM-Ae

Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer, has discussed ONI’s dedication to analytical rigour, contestability, and independence in a podcast with The University of Melbourne. Speaking with researcher Ashley Barnett, DGNI Shearer emphasised how good analysis informs decisions and frames complex problems to help government navigate challenges and crises. He highlighted the importance of collaboration across the National #Intelligence Community (NIC) and the value of diverse perspectives. “If you're out there and you're curious about Australia and our security," he encouraged potential candidates, "we’re probably looking for someone just like you." Read more and listen here: https://lnkd.in/gFZXM-Ae

Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer regularly engages with think tanks and business leaders to share insights and analysis, fostering a shared understanding of the strategic landscape and regional security challenges we face. DGNI recently hosted a roundtable at ONI’s Canberra headquarters with 25 mid-career professionals from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), specialising in nuclear issues. Their discussions centred on Indo-Pacific security, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and leadership. As the lead agency of the National Intelligence Community (NIC), ONI supports government decision-making through intelligence-based advice, analysis and assessments, helping to address the nation’s most pressing security challenges. #NationalSecurity #Intelligence #NuclearNonProliferation #IndoPacific #StrategicPartnerships

Speaking at the 2024 Halifax International Security Forum on 24 November, Director-General of National Intelligence Andrew Shearer emphasised the value of the Quad among a strong latticework of overlapping groupings in countering emerging threats. Mr Shearer joined General Jennie Carignan (Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Canada) Admiral Samuel Paparo (Commander, Indo-Pacific Command, United States) and US Congressman Andy Kim in a panel discussion. Mr Shearer emphasised the need for likeminded nations to adjust their mindsets and appetites for risk, and be prepared to face tension and friction – including by focusing more on military interoperability and deterrence. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gtNtv9P7 Watch the 2024 Halifax International Security Forum panel discussion here: https://lnkd.in/g3gDAc2J #HFX2024 #Security #Geopolitics #NationalSecurity #Strategy

At the Raisina Down Under Dialogue in Canberra, Andrew Shearer, Director-General of National Intelligence, emphasised that technology is the ‘centre of gravity’ when it comes to national power. “It's the main creator of economic power and of military power, and therefore, the country or countries that are able to dominate advanced technology now and in the future are best placed ultimately to come out on top in what I think will be a generational structural contest in the Indo-Pacific and globally,” said DGNI. Mr Shearer was joined by Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan (ASPI), Mallory Knodel (Social Web Foundation), Anirban Sarma (Observer Research Foundation), and Yuka KOSHINO (越野結花) (IISS), in discussing how technology is driving strategic shifts in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Read more about the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/gWPb3TX3 Watch the discussion here: https://lnkd.in/gUbR2DPH Australian Strategic Policy Institute #Technology #IndoPacific #GlobalSecurity #RaisinaDownUnder2024 #Quad

Director-General of National Intelligence, Andrew Shearer outlined Australia’s strategic environment, including the role of technology becoming increasingly important as a foundation of national power, in his opening remarks at Senate Estimates this week. Read DGNI’s opening statement in full here: https://lnkd.in/gQdz3wXV