Opinion

Why Australia needs a total national interest strategy

The new focus on national security needs to be thought of together with our prosperity and social cohesion as an integrated whole.

Rory Medcalf and Michelle Price

Dec 9, 2020 – 5.52pm

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For Australians, the contours of our security and economy over the past 30 years are the fading memory of a holiday from history.

As we assess the damage from this year’s three shocks – bushfires, pandemic and China’s campaign of pressure – we can’t go back.

Professor Rory Medcalf is head of the National Security College at the Australian National University.

Michelle Price is the chief executive of AustCyber.

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