ASIO, ASIS and the AFP are all expected to receive substantial funding boosts in the federal budget to be handed down tonight. The additional funding for intelligence agencies - some of which will reportedly come from the foreign aid budget - is apparently intended to facilitate 'frontline' activities. It appears the efficiency dividends imposed by Labor on federal government organisations to force administrative savings will stay in place.
Professor Clive Williams MG
Visiting Professor
BA Hons (Melb), MA Hons Criminology (Melb)
ANU College of Law, Bld 7, Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2601
ANU College of Law, 5 Fellows Rd, Acton ACT 2601
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Biography
Clive Williams had a career in Defence intelligence and security to 2002. He was Director of the forerunner organisation to today's Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation and was Director of Security Intelligence. Since leaving Defence he has been based at ANU and has run Masters courses on national security-related issues at ANU and at other Australian and overseas universities. He works part of the year overseas.
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Recent news
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Apr
2017
The legacy of French colonialism may be coming home to roost. Professor Clive Williams examines terrorism in France.
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Apr
2017
Claims about the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons may well be substantiated by classified sources. But bear in mind the equally certain statements made to the United Nations in 2003 about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
13
Apr
2017
Donald Trump has adopted a more assertive posture towards North Korea but, Clive Williams writes, recent pressure on Kim Jong-un will increase the potential for strategic miscalculation.
In the Media
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Apr
2017
Clive Williams speaks to The Advertiser
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Apr
2017
Clive Williams quoted in The Canberra Times
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Mar
2017
Clive Williams writes in Fairfax Media
Past events
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Nov
2016
6.00PM to 7.00PM
Public lecture- Professor Clive Williams MG
The fight to recover the Iraqi city of Mosul from occupying Islamic State (IS) began with skirmishes on the approaches to Mosul on 16 October 2016. The battle for Mosul city itself is likely to be protracted and could result in large numbers of civilian casualties.
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- Member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI)
- Member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO)
- Member of the International Academy of Investigative Psychology (IAIP)
- Member of the Australia New Zealand Forensic Science Society
- Life member of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Honorary Life Member of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
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