Tag: national security
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Media release: Go8 mission strengthens Australia-US innovation alliance as ANZUS marks 75 years
As Australia and the United States mark the 75th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty, the Go8 is leading a high-level delegation to strengthen research and innovation partnerships in the technologies that will underpin future economic prosperity, sovereign capability and national security. Australia and the United States confront a far more…
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Media release: Go8 supports national-interest reforms that strengthen security without weakening international collaboration
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports reforms to the Foreign Arrangements Scheme (FAS) that strengthen Australia’s national interest while preserving the international research partnerships that underpin economic growth, sovereign capability and national resilience. Australia faces a rapidly evolving strategic environment, and regulatory frameworks must adapt accordingly. Reforms should be targeted…
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Opening statement: PJCIS Review of the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026
Opening statement to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) Public Hearing for the Committee’s Review of the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026, Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, The Group of Eight Let me be very clear at the outset. The Go8 supports this…
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Opening statement: PJCIS Review of the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026
Opening statement to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) Public Hearing for the Committee’s Review of the Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026, Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, The Group of Eight Let me be very clear at the outset. The Go8 supports this…
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Media release: Go8 supports national-interest reforms that strengthen security without weakening international collaboration
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports reforms to the Foreign Arrangements Scheme (FAS) that strengthen Australia’s national interest while preserving the international research partnerships that underpin economic growth, sovereign capability and national resilience. Australia faces a rapidly evolving strategic environment, and regulatory frameworks must adapt accordingly. Reforms should be targeted…
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Go8 submission to the Review of Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security The Go8 consents to the publication of this submission and has no wish for any of it to be treated as confidential. The Group of Eight (Go8) supports measures that protect and advance Australia’s national interest, including economic prosperity, national security, sovereign capability…