The intelligence reform agenda: What next?

Intelligence is now at the forefront of our national security effort.

Recent reforms have delivered more money and more people to the intelligence community but limited structural changes.

This paper offers an assessment of the intelligence reform agenda and proposes some further steps towards restructuring the intelligence community and its activities to meet the national security challenges of the next decade. It argues that reforms to the coordination mechanisms, community engagement, education, training and accountability regimes are necessary to ensure that intelligence continues to play a central role in Australia’s national security.

An Office of National Security: Making it happen

Prior to the election, Labor promised two innovations in national security.

First, a Department of Homeland Security and Second a new position of National Security Advisor. 

The Homeland Security agency concept has been shelved, subject to a review, and its confirmed that the National Security Advisor isn’t a Ministerial position.

Assuming the National Security Advisor promise is still on the table, what might one look like?

Strategic Insights 6 – The Agenda for Intelligence Reform

This paper, authored by Peter Jennings, proposes reforms to the structure and activities of the Australian Intelligence Community designed to strengthen the capacity of the agencies performing intelligence analysis and to build a stronger sense of shared professionalism across the intelligence community.