The maritime domain, including Australia’s maritime domain, faces unprecedented challenges, as highlighted by recent reports of suspected sabotage to undersea cables off the coast of Germany. The incident raises urgent concerns for Australia, where over 99% of internet traffic relies on subsea cables – a critical vulnerability yet to be adequately addressed in the nation’s maritime security framework.

Jennifer Parker’s latest paper, Time for a Coastguard: Maritime Threats Require a Structural Rethink, published by the Australian Naval Institute, argues for the establishment of an Australian Coastguard to manage such evolving threats.

The full paper is here: Time for a coastguard (ANI) – J Parker – Final