In the media
Selected coverage, interviews and podcasts. Some links are to subscription publications.
Since leaving the ABF
'Australia exposed': ex-border chief warns of terror risk before 2032 Games
On the release of Beyond the Checkpoint: a fragmented border is leaving the nation vulnerable ahead of the Brisbane Olympics, and the window to build a trusted system is closing.
Modernising Australia's border security
With Sally Bulkeley, Deputy Head of the ANU National Security College: why Australia's borders require a fundamental rethink, the threats posed by transnational crime, and the economic benefits of modern border management.
Australian policy development too slow, says former ABF commissioner
Coverage of the OpenFisca keynote: policymakers are being outmanoeuvred by changes in global circumstances, in an environment where consequences are sometimes measured in lives.
Australia's borders: resilience, migration and national security
In conversation with Professor Alan Gamlen, hosted by Lachlan Colquhoun, on Australia's borders as both a national security and economic asset in resilience.
Ports, supply chains and national security
With Mike Gallacher, CEO of Ports Australia, and Sharryn Parker: ninety per cent of what Australia consumes arrives by sea, yet little of our national security thinking starts there.
Former Australian Border Force Commissioner Michael Outram APM joins Altana Advisory Board
Announcement of Michael's appointment to guide Altana's Asia-Pacific expansion and global supply chain network.
As Commissioner
ABF chief says our border is secure
Exit interview: the outgoing Commissioner on why an increase in illegal boat arrivals had been amplified to create a false sense of a border in crisis.
AI to 'change the border security game': ABF chief
On advanced targeting and a human-led technology force using AI to disrupt criminal syndicates.
Qantas the first airline to test digital travel passes
The ABF's trial of digital travel declarations to replace paper passenger cards.
Customs chief's vow: 'Make border a force of business'
Front-page report of the Trans-Tasman Business Circle speech: fixing a border facing 200 laws and 145 systems across 29 agencies.
New push for a 'seamless' border that would change trans-Tasman travel forever
The tourism industry's response to the call for urgent border modernisation.
Budget cash to fill holes at nation's borders
Warnings from ABF and Operation Sovereign Borders commanders on an ageing fleet and aerial and maritime patrol capacity.
Border farce at our nation's porous ports
Calling for a hardening of biosecurity at Australian ports during the pandemic.