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Unis forced to screen all foreign research engagements

Universities will be legally required to screen research projects’ risk to “national interest” for the first time under new efforts to protect against espionage and knowledge theft or misappropriation...

Australia won’t follow US in lifting govt TikTok ban

11 August 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

As the US government allows its employees to download TikTok again, Australia has locked in its ban with no plans to reconsider, leaving only limited approved use cases for...

Foreign interference taskforce to stay out of Trump’s war on research

27 March 2025 | by Justin Hendry

US efforts to sway Australia’s research direction through thematic cuts to funding fall outside the remit of a federal government taskforce set up to counter foreign interference in universities,...

US pulls funding for ANU research project

19 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

The ANU has declined to reveal which of its research projects is about to lose US funding, amid a demand by the Trump administration for Australian researchers to declare...

‘We’ve got to defend our researchers’: Govt urged to act on Trump influence

19 March 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia must stare down the Trump administration’s attempt to influence research by applying a consistent approach to foreign interference, former Higher Education and Science minister Kim Carr says. The...

Federal agencies ordered to ‘stocktake’ technology assets

8 July 2024 | by Justin Hendry

A stocktake of internet-facing systems will be carried out across the federal government over the next 12 months as part of a new directive designed to weed out vulnerable...

Govt rejects foreign interference regime for social media

8 July 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia won’t follow the US in forcing TikTok to be sold off from its Chinese parent company or implement new rules to curb foreign interference and misinformation on social...

What’s going on with Australian research security?

15 May 2024 | by Brendan Walker-Munro

Over the weekend, Queensland University of Technology PhD student Xiaolong Zhu became national news – and not for a good reason. Zhu is a Chinese citizen, and his visa...

Ban social media platforms that fail transparency tests: Senate inquiry

1 August 2023 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government should be handed powers to ban social media providers from operating in Australia if they repeatedly fail to meet minimum transparency requirements, a bipartisan senate committee...

Uni researchers stood down over foreign interference risk

13 July 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Australian university researchers had their pay frozen and were banned from applying for future grants because of foreign interference and national security concerns held by government agencies. An audit...

Tag: Foreign interference

Unis forced to screen all foreign research engagements

Australia won’t follow US in lifting govt TikTok ban

Foreign interference taskforce to stay out of Trump’s war on research

US pulls funding for ANU research project

‘We’ve got to defend our researchers’: Govt urged to act on Trump influence

Federal agencies ordered to ‘stocktake’ technology assets

What’s going on with Australian research security?

Uni researchers stood down over foreign interference risk

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