"Our allies, the United States, the United Kingdom all do include these things in their defence thinking, we don't," he said.
Admiral Barrie said defence and the parliament should be actively considering mass migration scenarios
the government appears to be without a plan for climate-induced security risks, and has kept secret intelligence it has received on climate change's risk to national security.
senior former military and intelligence leaders says it is "astonishing" that climate change only rated a passing mention in the government's National Defence Strategy.
The Australian Security Leaders Climate Group warns the government appears to be without a plan for climate-induced security risks, and has kept secret intelligence it has received on climate change's risk to national security.
Labor's strategy acknowledges that risks including climate change pose an "unprecedented challenge" to national security, and that the effects of climate change specifically are amplifying issues of poverty, food security and population displacement in the region.
