HeyJaredJohn Blackburn
John is a consultant in the field of Defence and National Security. He is the Board Chair of the Institute of Integrated Economics Research - Australia, and a co-founder of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group.
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The Australian Government recently released two fuel security related consultation papers (opens the original)
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The Australian Government recently released two consultation papers: DCCEEW and DITRDCSA — Securing Australia’s Cleaner Fuels Industry (consultation paper on a demand mechanism); and DCCEEW — Strengthening Australia’s Fuel Security and Resilience.The most serious problems in each paper sit in the gap between them. Australia has one liquid-fuel system. It has one import dependence, two remaining refineries, one strategic reserve in prospect, one Minimum Stockholding Obligation and one Fuel Securi
Another AI Committee? (opens the original)
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There have been a multitude of AI announcements from Government in recent months: a National AI Plan, an AI Safety Institute, an Office of AI, five consumer safety priorities, and National Cabinet endorsement of mandatory standards for data centres.More recently, the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence was appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 20 August 2026. Surprisingly, submissions closed on 14 September, three and a half weeks after the Commi
AUKUS - What Should we do? (opens the original)
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The following is the IIER-A submission I made to the AUKUS Public Inquiry on 29 August 2026Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<div class="fa
Final Report - A Pandemic of the Mind? (opens the original)
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