Supply-chain vulnerabilities highlighted by shortage of AdBlue

Australians are great at running hard to solve big national challenges. But with fires, Covid, floods and the consequential workforce and supply-chain challenges, we’re in danger of running out of steam.

Strengthening Northern Australia

The challenge for the new minister for northern Australia is to ensure alignment of whole-of-nation outcomes and regional investment and development.

Redesigning supply chains for greater resilience

For too long, our approach to supply chains has prioritised low cost over other factors, but cheaper is not better if it comes with unacceptable risk.

Rethinking Australia’s regional engagement

We need to embrace uncertainty, engage with complexity and break down the silos. Our economic prosperity, national resilience and security depend upon it.

Shaping a better future for Australia

We need to embrace uncertainty, engage with complexity and break down the silos – Our economic prosperity, national resilience and ultimate security depend on it.

AdBlue shortage highlights ongoing supply-chain problems

Supply-chain challenges continue to plague Australia despite the significant focus the problem has received in recent years due to the pandemic and issues with China.

Embracing the opportunities of Industry 4.0 in northern Australia

Industries, manufacturing and agribusiness in the north need to reimagine their operating models and pursue new ways of doing business based on the opportunities offered by Industry 4.0.

Reaping the social benefits of carbon farming in northern Australia

Carbon farming can generate sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes around rural Australia, not least in the tropical north.

Australian sovereignty requires new thinking on investment and trade

Economic policy should be positioned alongside security, sovereignty and resilience through a more holistic nation-building agenda that invests in what we’re good at, values what we have and builds the future we want.

Changing notions of social cohesion

Our basis for thinking about social cohesion in Australia continues to be embedded in traditional multiculturalism. It is yet to catch up with the digital world where cyberhate, foreign interference and violent extremism thrive.

Picking up the pace

Now more than ever Australia needs to be innovative, and knowing our strengths – and weaknesses – in science and technology base is the key to progress.

A missed opportunity for nation building

Sustainable nation-building requires us to go beyond short-term ‘sugar hit’ investment and relearn how to collaborate with persistence.