Australian Security Leaders Climate Group

17/04/2026

Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected. SMH op-ed by Admiral Chris Barrie & Ian Dunlop.

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Securing Australia’s energy system through rapid renewable deployment and electrification is a strategic necessity, not just an environmental goal.

17/04/2026

Defence Strategy fails to face reality. The strategy is overly focused on near-term capability spending and avoids confronting the deeper, systemic threats.

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A former defence chief has warned the military's new strategy ignores some of the biggest threats facing the...

13/04/2026

Former Australian Defence Chief Admiral Chris Barrie writes: “As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. I am calling on the government to take four steps…”

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As a regional power and signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, Australia has responsibilities. I am calling on the government to take four steps

26/03/2026

Australia’s democracy and sovereignty is being threatened by a propaganda machine aiding climate change deniers, a security group has warned.

‘If these threats are not checked, accelerating climate change will crash society as we know it.’

26/03/2026

The Australian Security Leaders Climate Group has been calling for tougher measures on tech giants to fight the "climate disinformation war" threatening institutional trust, economic resilience and national security.

Greater transparency has been pitched as a salve to an increasingly fraught climate information ecosystem.

24/03/2026

Former defence leaders outline already-present fossil fuel dependence, climate disinformation threats

Australians are already deeply emersed in a global disinformation war about fossil fuels and climate change, former defence leaders say in an extensive new review.

24/03/2026

Renewable energy is Australia’s off-ramp from global fuel shocks

From UN leaders to former Australian Defence Force chiefs, a growing chorus of voices argues that dependence on fossil fuels is not just a climate issue, but a national security risk — exposing countries to volatile prices and supply shocks.

23/03/2026

A new report from the ASLCG warns that climate disinformation and fossil fuel dependence are now major threats to Australia’s national security.

Former Chief of the Defence Force Admiral Chris Barrie says big tech platforms and AI are amplifying the problem and undermining the transition to clean energy and our security.

Read the full report:https://www.aslcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ASLCG_ClimateDisinformation_BriefingPaper.pdf

12/03/2026

Continuing fossil fuel dependence, let alone the government’s current support for expansion, intensifies climate change, creating a growing threat to Australia’s economic and national security.

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In full-page statements in the national media today, 19 Australian security practitioners and former Defence leaders have published an Open Letter on why Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels is a critical economic and security vulnerability.

12/03/2026

Oil wars drive energy and cost-of-living shocks — and climate change will make them worse.

Today the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group released an open letter warning that Australia’s dependence on imported oil is an economic and national security risk.

History shows conflicts often trigger global oil price shocks, which quickly flow through to higher costs for Australian households and businesses.

Australia must accelerate the shift to clean energy and electrified transport to reduce exposure to global energy shocks and strengthen our economic and national security.

Read the full open letter.https://www.aslcg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ASLCG_OpenLetter.pdf