Building digital trust in the pacific

If Australia wants to be a trusted technology partner in the Pacific, it should help deliver lightweight, resilient systems that others can use with confidence, prioritising tools that operate in low-trust, low-infrastructure environments and designing for flexibility, not control.

Digital government as critical infrastructure

The ways in which Australia builds, secures and governs its digital systems will shape national resilience, public trust and strategic sovereignty.

What AI.gov means for Australia

The US has made clear that artificial intelligence is now a strategic domain. Capability will be measured by what countries can design, deploy and secure in practice. The government’s National AI Capability Plan, which is under development, is an opportunity to respond with equal clarity.

Safeguarding the digital Pacific

The digital contest in the Pacific is already underway. Winning it will not depend on the speed of cables but the clarity of commitment, the quality of partnerships and the willingness to treat connectivity as the new frontline of strategic influence.

A mandate for innovation

Sovereign capability is no longer just a function of industry planning or academic excellence; it is a national security requirement.

Rethinking risk in innovation

Innovation policy is often built around optimism. But in a world of live contest across the economy, the environment and the broader geostrategic landscape, progress cannot afford to wait for perfection.

Lost in translation

Even when Australia produces world-class research and breakthrough technologies, we routinely fail to translate those into sovereign capability. It’s not a discovery gap. It’s a deployment one.

Innovate or die

Australia’s long-standing “innovation gap” threatens our national safety as well as economic prosperity.

Australia can help close the Pacific’s digital divide

The Australian government is looking to redouble its diplomatic efforts in the Pacific and the provision of digital infrastructure is an obvious way to make a big impact quickly.