The Director-General of Security Mike Burgess delivered the 2025 Lowy Lecture before a packed Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday 4 November 2025.
In his address and subsequent conversation with the Lowy Institute's Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove, Mr Burgess spoke about the interplay between threats to Australian security, including those which emanate from abroad, and our country’s social cohesion.

Whose rules, whose order? Southeast Asia and China’s growing power
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Pressure test: Can ASEAN meet the Indo-Pacific's security challenges?
1:00:59

India and Australia: Shaping economic and regional security
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