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Japan’s economic security minister is visiting. Australia needs one, too - The Strategist | ASPI's analysis and commentary site
Why it matters
The article argues Australia should establish a dedicated economic security minister—a structural governance innovation that Japan has already deployed to coordinate resource, industrial, and critical-infrastructure defence. This directly bears on Pillar 5 (Decoupling from China) and Pillar 2 (Fiscal Engine oversight), as such a role would coordinate sovereign-capability retention, supply-chain resilience, and strategic investment.
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