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30 June 2006
News
- New EMA Director General
- Security a priority concern among Australians
- Customs to possibly introduce the 24 hour rule
- Volunteers Needed Perception of Risk and Willingness to Report to Duty during Disasters
- Export assistance
- Panasonic Toughbooks get used by XTEK
- DSTO and AFP MOU on National Security
- International Defence Science Awards
- Censorship being considered for material urging terrorists actions
- Biometric Support for National Identify Security
- Tabling of Security Legislation Review Committee Report
- WA Counter-Terrorism Exercise
- Port of Melbourne Conducts Security Drill
- Tasmanian counter-terrorism exercise
- CCTV features in most National Community Crime Prevention Programmes
- Australia and US join forces to develop counter-terrorism technology
- Reforms to Qld’s security industry
- Queensland Parliamentary debate identifies food terrorism
- Chances to Victoria’s Terrorism (Community Protection) Act
- Maritime Security and Illegal Fishing: A National Disgrace
- Home grown terrorist theme for Safeguarding Australia Summit
- Another $1.4 Million for regional airport security upgrades
- Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards for National Security Practitioners
Australian publications
US Publications
Upcoming event
1 New EMA Director General
Tony Pearce has been appointed the Director-General of Emergency Management Australia. He will commence his position on 14 August 2006. Tony is currently the Director, Emergency Management and Security, Office of The Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria & Chair, Catastrophic Disaster Emergency Management Capability Working Group.
Most Australians are concerned about security against terrorism, health pandemics, internet fraud and viruses and identity theft while concerns about immediate threats to personal safety are comparatively low, according to the inaugural Unisys Security Survey & Index.
Conducted by Newspoll for IT services company Unisys, the survey has been developed as the basis of a quarterly index on overall attitudes towards a range of financial, personal, internet and national aspects of security.
This initial, benchmark survey suggests that identity theft and misuse of personal information is the number one concern amongst Australians, followed by fear of credit card fraud or an act of terror. This suggests a degree of consumer appetite for contemporary additions to complement existing security measures.
Importantly, global research indicates that most people are prepared to relinquish personal information if they can see a clear benefit in convenience gained.
For the June quarter (survey conducted in mid-May), the Unisys Security Index stood at
Key results of the survey include:
- 56% or an estimated 8.7 million Australians hold high levels of concern about unauthorised access to personal information or its misuse
- 53% of Australians or 8.3 million people hold high levels of concern about other people obtaining their credit card or debit card details
- 41% of Australians or 6.4 million people hold high levels of concern about Australia’s national security in relation to war or terrorism
The Australian Customs Service announced that it has formed a series of working groups to explore the benefits of changes to customs arrangements to improve security. One group will be looking at the feasibility of adopting the US 24 hour load rule for cargo reporting. This rule requires that the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) receives a complete vessel manifest 24 hours before any container is loaded on a vessel destined for the US.
For air cargo, information should be made available straight after take off. This enables the US customs bureau to select high-risk shipments via their automated target system.
A second group will look at the benefits and feasibility of developing an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) program, consistent with the international supply chain security initiatives.
This program involves granting AEO status to certain traders who meet minimum security standards. There are two main benefits for traders of obtaining AEO ‘secure’ status.
Firstly, they have access to simplified customs rules such as centralised customs clearance and guarantee waivers.
Secondly, they have modified customs controls relating to safety and security, such as a lower risk score than a normal importer, and inter-country mutual recognition based on international customs cooperation agreements.
The Monash University Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies is conducting research into Emergency Service Personnel’s perception of risk and willingness to report to duty during disasters.
We are inviting Fire Service Personnel to attend a discussion group to talk about their concerns in responding to disasters, and factors that affect their willingness to respond to duty. The discussion groups will take no more than 90 minutes of your time.
Sessions will be held at:
- Rural Ambulance Headquarters Geelong, Tuesday, July 4 at 12pm.
- The Alfred Hospital Melbourne, Monday, July 10 at 12pm.
If you are interested in attending the discussion groups, or would like some more information, contact Erin Smith on (03) 9904 4213 or 0408 148 749 or email: erin.smith@med.monash.edu.au
Austrade has released a video to help Australian exporters to sell to the US homeland security market. The10 minute video is with Mui Erkun, Chief of Staff, Chief Procurement Office, Under Secretary - Management, DHS Download the video at www.austrade.gov.au/usgovaccess.
La Trobe University's School of Law invites students from other LLM programs, practitioners and others wishing to participate in a unit on USA Federal Government Procurement Contracts in December 2006 at their Bundoora campus in Melbourne. The unit will be taught by Professor Danielle Conway-Jones from the University of Hawai'i. Professor Conway-Jones is also the Director of the Hawai'i Procurement Institute. For further details on this program, please visit www.latrobe.edu.au/law/gbl.html.
Austrade is supporting a visit to Australia by members of the US Department of Defense for a series of free two day seminars and workshops on contracting to the US defence forces in late July/early August. The events will be held in Syd 20-21 July, Bris 24-24 July, Canberra 27-28 July, Perth 31 July - 1 Aug, Adel 3-4 Aug and Melb 7-8 Aug.
The training modules focus on current and future opportunities for Australian business to perform contracts in Iraq, as well as general U.S government contracting opportunities.
Companies will receive practical assistance on bidding for upcoming contracts or sub-contracting opportunities. For further information please email: advancedman@austrade.gov.au
XTEK, Australia’s leading Homeland Security equipment, consulting and training related services provider, is providing Panasonic CF-29 Toughbooks as part of integrated systems to its specialist security customers, Government agencies and the Police forces.
In military and police environments, the Toughbooks have two primary uses: as control units when portable digital X-Ray images are been taken at suspected bomb sites; and as diagnostic training aids for un-manned ground vehicles, or robots. XTEK will soon be purchasing further Panasonic Toughbooks to be used in conjunction with un-manned aerial systems.
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Australian Federal Police (AFP), in an effort to enhance domestic and regional security.
This MOU will establish a framework to enable both organisations to support each other in areas of defence, security, counter terrorism, surveillance and forensic technologies.
Several international awards for excellence in defence science have been presented to a group of researchers from the Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO).
The awards were presented as part of The Anglo-Australian Memorandum of Understanding on Science and Technology (AAMOST) and The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP). AAMOST is Australia’s major means of implementing joint defence research projects with the UK Ministry of Defence. Currently there are 48 joint research projects under AAMOST.
Awards included:
- Dr Ralph Gailis for producing a comprehensive database, crucial in developing computer models to predict the dispersion of chemical and biological agents in urban environments.
- Dr Todd Mansell, Mr Garry Brown, Mr Gregory Denehy, Dr Samuel Huff and Mr Peter Trenorden for developing the infrastructure and experimentation process that has led to improved command, control and information management in coalition network-centric maritime warfare.
The Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock says the Australian Government will push for censorship laws to be reviewed to assess whether they deal adequately with material which urges or advocates terrorist acts. Ruddock said he had written to State and Territory Censorship Ministers, advising an intention to raise the adequacy of current censorship laws at the next ministerial meeting in July. Under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995, the Attorney-General may apply to the Classification Review Board (CRB) for a review of its decisions. Ruddock says he has referred eight publications and one film to the CRB in response to community concerns about the dissemination of so-called "Books of Hate" promoting terrorism.
Addressing the annual conference of the Biometric Institute in Sydney, the Attorney-General, has spoken about the progress of work emanating from the Coalition of Australian Governments’ (COAG) April 2005 decision to investigate how biometric security measures could be adopted by all the States and Territories to help improve identity security across Australia. Ruddock said COAG’s resolution had become part of the National Identity Security Strategy (NISS), which saw $28.3m allocated in the 2006/07 Budget to establish a national Document Verification Service. He went on to express concern at the lack of consistency in biometric standards, and advised consideration was being given to the development of an Australian Biometrics Framework.
The report of the Security Legislation Review Committee has been tabled in Parliament.
The Committee - established to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of the package of legislative reforms passed in 2002 - recognised the current level of threat to Australia and Australian interests from terrorist activity justified the continuing need for important counter-terrorism legislation.
Mr Ruddock welcomed the review by the Security Legislation Review Committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge the Hon. Simon Sheller AO QC.
He said the Government had formed preliminary views on a number of the Committee's recommendations, including that the listing of terrorist organisations involve notification of affected groups, or alternatively, that proscription be made a judicial process.
"The Government believes the current listing process contains sufficient safeguards, including judicial review and parliamentary oversight, and that it is more appropriate for the proscription power to be vested with the executive," he said.
"We will be giving detailed consideration to all the recommendations but we do not believe there is any justification for removing the association offence."
The Australian Government remains committed to engaging with the community on security issues and has already taken a number of steps to address the Committee's recommendation that the Government better explain the operation of the legislation. This includes convening a summit of Muslim leaders and publishing an explanation of the provisions of the recent terrorism legislation in a number of languages.
The report is available online at www.ag.gov.au/slrc
A counter-terrorism exercise was recently held in Perth. The exercise was an investigation and consequence management exercise which involved responding to a simulated terrorist attack in Perth's central business district,"
"We have learnt from the London terror attacks last July that is crucial to have a comprehensive exercise programme in place," Mr Ruddock said.
"The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has also agreed Australia should focus more closely on methodical, drill-style exercises to reinforce specific skills and arrangements to respond to terrorist attacks."
13 Port of Melbourne Conducts Security Drill
Victoria’s capacity to combat maritime security threats was tested earlier this month with a mock emergency drill at the Port of Melbourne. More than 100 people from various organisations participated in Exercise New Addition, simulating a real emergency at the Port of Melbourne.
The exercise is part of the Department of Infrastructure’s regular emergency management exercises known as ‘Project Trident’ which focus on key Victorian infrastructure. Exercise New Addition follows previous exercises concentrating on the public transport arena.
The exercise was designed to specifically practice three things:
- To examine and practice emergency procedures at the Port of Melbourne;
- To evaluate the plans for incident detection at the Port; and
- To evaluate the lines of communication between agencies that respond to a major incident.
Inspector of Police, Matthew Anderson, said the exercise was critical for agencies that would respond to a real incident. “This exercise gives us the opportunity to rehearse the recently enhanced capabilities of the Water Police that were introduced to meet international maritime security requirements,” Mr Anderson said.
Tasmania is to conduct a major counter-terrorism exercise in July. The exercise, involving police, emergency service and health workers and council officers, will run over two days in Hobart.
The Investigation and Consequence Management Counter-Terrorism Exercise (ICMEX) is designed to practise the national counter-terrorism arrangements and exercise the ability of local authorities and emergency services to implement such arrangements. Two days of the exercise will simulate a terrorist attack on a Hobart city building, causing actual disruption to city traffic and office workers.
While the major deployment exercise scenario is yet to be finalised, it will include a ‘simulated’ explosion in a multi-storey residential block, a chemical, biological and radiological incident, and a mass evacuation of several buildings that will involve disruption to normal business in the CBD.
The ICMEX exercise will directly relate to chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) and mass casualty management. It will test Tasmania’s emergency response capabilities, including the specialised areas of urban search and rescue (USAR) and disaster victim identification (DVI). The exercise will run between July 17 and July 28, with the public impact affecting the city times over two days – July 26 and 27.
Most of the eighteen community crime prevention projects which were announced awarded under the Security Related Infrastructure component of the National Community Crime Prevention Programme (NCCPP) included a CCTV component. The awards receiving a total of just under $2.1 million
Projects with CCTV expenditure in it included:
- City of Holdfast Bay - $90,000 (SA).
- Sutherland Shire Council - $399,751 (NSW).
- Wollongong City Council - $445,000 (NSW).
- Belgrave Traders Association Inc. - $42,000 (VIC)..
- City of Bayswater - $20,896 (WA).
- City of Bunbury - $150,000 (WA).
- City of Rockingham - $135,846 (WA).
- City of Whitehorse - $20,000 (VIC).
- Frankston City Council - $44,635 (VIC).
- Mornington Chamber of Commerce - $76,740 (VIC).
- Narrandera Shire Council - $14,465 (NSW).
For more information on the NCCPP and how to apply for grants, visit http://www.crimeprevention.gov.au.
16 Australia and US join forces to develop counter-terrorism technology
Following two recent agreements between Australia and the United States, officials from both countries met for the first time in Washington this week to develop opportunities for Australian and United States research communities to collaborate on counter-terrorism technologies.
The Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator the Hon Chris Ellison, said that this first meeting demonstrates practical cooperation between Australia and the United States in fighting terrorism and transnational crime.
“Officers from the Australian Customs Service have participated in the bilateral discussions in areas of interest including physical security, explosives and weapons detection technology, and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection,” Senator Ellison said.
Senator Ellison said by way of practical example the Australian Customs Service has been trialling prototype technology developed by QR Sciences, a Western Australia based company on screening technology to better detect firearms and firearms parts in the postal environment.
“This type of prototype may be of interest to the United States and the bilateral agreements provide a mechanism to test and evaluate new technologies like this” Senator Ellison said.
The Queensland Government claims it will dramatically boost security industry standards under a package of reforms currently nearing completion. The government claims that Queensland would have the best security industry regulatory regime in Australia.
The reforms will include strict industry probity checks, to weed out the ‘thugs’ and there will be tougher penalties for those operating without a licence, and those who employ them.
Staff employed by corporate licence-holders would have to operate under a Code of Conduct based on industry standards.
Training requirements would be strengthened and corporate licence approval would be conditional on provision of on-going training to staff by approved industry-based training providers.
The current licensing categories will be expanded and better defined to ensure that all appropriate security personnel will need to be licensed. The expanded categories will include those in-house personnel who are working predominantly as security officers, dog handlers, electronic surveillance installers and operators and security advisors. The definitions in the Act will also be tightened to ensure coverage of those who protect, watch or guard any property - irrespective of the industry or circumstances in which they work.
A scheme of trainee licences would be introduced to encourage more people to enter the industry.
18 Queensland Parliamentary debate identifies food terrorism
During the second reading of the Food Amendment Bill in Queensland recently the following comments were made about food terrorism:
- Since the events of September 11, 2001 there has been a shift in the nature of terrorism and new levels of organisation and sophistication are now being seen. Recent trends indicate a move away from the more traditional forms of attack, for example, hijacking and scare tactics, and an increase in bombings and indiscriminate mass casualty attacks. This threat has implications for venues that attract large gatherings of people, including businesses in the food services industry. By their nature, such venues cater for large numbers of people, often with limited access control and with time and location predictability. For example, everyone knows when lunchtime is and everyone knows when dinner time is. Some food services venues and events have a high profile clientele, and many are located in precincts with well-known tenants who could be of interest to terrorist groups. For these reasons, all businesses, including those in the food services industry, need to consider terrorism as a real and potential threat. Terror attacks do happen in and around food service and hospitality businesses—for example, the Sari Club in Bali and the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.
- We live in a changing time when, sadly, we need to be aware of the risks of terrorist activity, and intentional contamination of food can be one of the strategies used by terrorists. This bill addresses the importance of ensuring that incidents of possible intentional contamination of food are reported to authorities so that serious matters can be addressed. Importantly, a central repository for reporting of suspected intentional contamination of food ensures that there is a mechanism to monitor and identify any patterns of reported possible intentional contamination.
- If the police form the view that suspected intentional contamination was a suspected terrorist activity, then counter-terrorism procedures would come into play. The Food Amendment Bill is not the only tool in place to address concerns regarding intentional and malicious food contamination. In 2005 the Queensland government worked with industry to develop a business resource kit ‘Counter-terrorism for food service businesses’. This resource kit includes sections on prevention and awareness, incident response and incident recovery.
19 Chances to Victoria’s Terrorism (Community Protection) Act
Amendments to the Victorian Terrorism (Community Protection) (Further Amendment) Bill were given Royal Assent earlier in the month. The major changes were:
The removal of the requirement for a declared essential service to be published in the Government Gazette. This has been done as listing them may indicate potential terrorist targets.
- The requirement that risk management plans comply with any prescribed standards.
- The requirement that training exercises to be of an appropriate standard and conducted in accordance with specified requirements..
- An exemption from FOI disclosure of documents created by the counter-terrorism coordination and emergency management department of Victoria Police and any document that would endanger the security of premises.
- An exemption from FOI disclosure any document relating to the risk management plans of essential services or outlining a training exercise or a report on the adequacy of such a plan or training exercise and also documents created by Victoria Police's bureau of criminal intelligence.
Labor’s Transport and Maritime Security Taskforce has released the report Maritime Security and Illegal Fishing: A National Disgrace. It details the increased sophistication of foreign illegal fishing operations, with some using high speed boats fitted with GPS and sonar, and bankrolled by Chinese financiers. It is available from http://www.alp.org.au/download/060607_maritime_security__and_illegal_fishing___a_national_disgrace.pdf
5th Annual ‘Safeguarding Australia’ Summit will focus on ‘home grown’ terrorism and catastrophic disasters. Throwing light on the Australian Muslim community are confirmed speakers including Dr Ameer Ali, Chairman of the Muslin Community Reference Group and Professor Abdullah Saeed, the Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. Presentations are also sought on any aspect of security technology. The summit will be in Canberra on 19-21 September. More information is available at ww.homelandsecurity.org.au/events.html
The Australian Government has announced more than $1.4 million from the Regional Airport Funding Program to upgrade basic security measures at another seven regional airports.
The funding was tailored to local conditions and this funding would help regional airports increase and improve security measures, such as fencing, lighting, CCTV and access control.
A number of national security practitioners and policy makers were announced in the June 2006 Queen’s Birthday Honours. These included:
- Bill Blick, former Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS). Member of the Order of Australia Citation: For service to the community, particularly through roles that contribute to the monitoring of federal systems of administrative law and national security.
- Craig Lawrence, former Chair Crime Stoppers Australia. Member of the Order of Australia Citation: For service to the community through a range of executive roles in organisations concerned with business and finance, national security issues and crime prevention, and for encouraging national pride and identity.
- Geoff McDonald, currently acting First Assistant Secretary, Security Law Branch, Security and Critical Infrastructure Division. Public Service Medal Citation: For outstanding public service in the development of the Australian Government's legislative response to terrorism.
- Kym Chiesa, believed to be WO2, Joint Operations Intelligence Centre Australia. Conspicuous Service Medal Citation: For outstanding service in the performance of duty as an Intelligence Analyst.
The TISN, in conjunction with the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department and the Western Australia Police Critical Infrastructure Unit has produced a poster that provides a security checklist for critical infrastructure.
The poster provides the following advice on what constitutes suspicious acts:
- Is the person taking notes of security vulnerabilities?
- Do video and photo subjects have no credible photographic interest?
- Does the person have no legitimate reason for being in an area?
- Is the person collecting information from promotional literature or inquiring about security?
- Is the person traveling erratically and without any real purpose?
- Does the person appear to be testing security?
It is available from here
The Trusted Information Sharing Network has released its latest newsletter. Articles include
- Attorney-General launches National Food Chain Safety and Security Strategy
- US-Australia bilateral discussions
- UK lessons for Australian airports
- 8th meeting of Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council
- Energy Sector Security managers’ meeting
- Laboratory biosecurity seminar
- Mass gatherings symposium
- Protecting the information economy
- Landmark information technology security agreement
- Australia and the United States sign counter-terrorism science and technology agreement
- Water Services IAAG elects new deputy chairs
- Attorney-General attends Health IAAG
The issue of the CIP Newsletter is now available from here
The Department of Transport and Regional Services has released a publication to assist industry and other stakeholders with understanding their obligations under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.
The plain English guide to the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 and the associated Regulations, which the Australian Government implemented to strengthen the security in the maritime and offshore sectors. Australia's maritime security regime now covers the security arrangements of 472 maritime industry participants, including 69 ports, 186 port facilities, 97 port service providers, 60 Australian flagged ships, and 60 offshore oil and gas facilities.
Topics in this guide have been cross-referenced with the relevant provisions of the Act and Regulations (references on the sides of each page) to help readers navigate their way through the detail of the Act and the Regulations. Available from here
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has released the following publications:
- Strategic Insight ‘Securing the transnational movement of trade and people in the era of global terrorism’. This is a printed version of a speech delivered by Robert C Bonner, Former Commissioner, US Customs and Border Protection, 24 May 2006.
www.aspi.org.au
The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has released its report into Australia's response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/jfadt/tsunamiresponse/report.htm
The NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues has released its report on the public disturbances at Macquarie Fields. The terms of reference of the Inquiry required the Committee to examine a number of issues, including policing resources and strategies at the time of the disturbances, the underlying causes and problems that contributed to the disturbances and the government and non-government services that are provided in the Macquarie Fields area.
The Committee heard that the available services in Macquarie Fields struggle to meet the level of demand and the Committee makes recommendations to assist agencies in providing those services and to ensure that there is some measure of the real costs to the government and the community of preventive action to address social disadvantage, versus later remedial action”.
The report is available from www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/socialissues.
The Australian Government’s Auditor-General has released a report into internet security in government agencies. Its recommendations included:
For the six agencies audited, the ANAO found that ICT security documentation did not fully comply with the requirements of the PSM and ACSI 33. Non-compliance identified by the ANAO included:
- no systematic and co-ordinated program for the ongoing management of ICT security-related risk assessments;
- security policies and system security plans were not linked to ICT risk assessments and plans; and
- no system security plans.
The ANAO also found that while several of the six agencies had initiated development of business continuity and disaster recovery plans for their Internet services, only one had sound plans in place. The other agencies had deficiencies that included:
- two agencies largely depended upon the knowledge of key staff and had few documented procedures;
- documents were in draft form; and
- some plans had not been regularly reviewed.
The ANAO also found that there were particular weaknesses in the management of new technology. For example:
- policy development and supporting procedures for the introduction of new technology, such as USB keys, was generally poor. Where it existed, compliance within agencies was also often poor;
- personnel in one agency were found to be using USB keys to move data from one system to another without documented controls; and
- one agency had developed procedures for procuring USB keys. These procedures were not based on a risk assessment and, accordingly, were incomplete.
UK publications
The London Assembly has released its report into the London bombing response.
The 7 July Review Committee was set up to examine the lessons to be learned from the response to the London bombings on 7 July 2005, and in particular communications issues. It contains a detailed analysis of the response to the bombings. The report found that while the people involved performed outstandingly, the systems and equipment that were supposed to support them did not. The report makes 54 recommendations designed to improve the way such major incidents, and the people caught up in them, are managed
http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/reports/general.jsp#7july
US Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/65462.pdf
This RAND online database is a compilation of speeches interviews, statements and publications of jihadist leaders, foot soldiers, and sympathizers. http://www.rand.org/research_areas/terrorism/database/
School of Human Communication, Arizona State University, April 2006 http://www.asu.edu/clas/communication/about/terrorism/publications/jihad_comm_media.pdf
John Miller, Federal Bureau of Investigation, at Foreign Press Center, U.S. Dept of State, Washington DC, April 11, 2006 http://fpc.state.gov/fpc/64480.htm
The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Congressional Research Service report, April 24, 2006 http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf
Secretary-General of the United Nations, May 2006 http://www.un.org/unitingagainstterrorism/
RAND, 2006 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1220/
Review of Nationwide Catastrophic Event Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security. The review looked at whether existing emergency operations plans for states and urban areas are sufficient for managing a catastrophic event. The Review also presents conclusions on actions needed by the federal government to improve and coordinate planning. Reviewers examined nearly 2,800 emergency operations plans and related documents with participation from more than 1,000 emergency managers and homeland security officials.
The report found that while most areas of the country are well prepared to handle standard disaster situations, the National Plan Review findings demonstrate the need for all levels of government across the country to improve emergency operations plans for catastrophic events such as a major terrorist attack or category-five hurricane strike. Several areas, including evacuation, attention to populations with special needs, command structure, and resource management, were areas needing significant attention. http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/Prep_NationwidePlanReview.pdf
The Department of Homeland Security is developing a Chemical Sector-Specific Plan, which is to be released in the fall of 2006, and this fact sheet examines the issue. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06899thigh.pdf
Safeguarding Australia 2006 , 19-21 September 2006
The 5th Annual ‘Safeguarding Australia’ Summit includes the RNSA Security Technology Conference. More information is available at ww.homelandsecurity.org.au/events.htm
UK Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, 5 July 2006
Visiting UK Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, Mr Tony Pawson is to address a United Services Institute Canberra dinner function to be held in the Weston Creek Mess at the Australian Defence College starting at 7pm on $60. Information: Tel: (02) 6266 2167 or (02) 6266 3446 or email: aust.rusi@defence.gov.au.
The program of the Intelligence 2006 conference organized by the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers has been released. The conference will cover:
- where will Intelligence be in 2010,
- how are we going to get there,
- who will be involved, and
- what have we learnt from the past?
The conference will be held on October 17-19, 2006 at the Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane. Online registration and the brochure is now available at www.aipio.asn.au.
Emergency Services - Strategic Management
Monday 17th July 2006
10.00am to 3.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST Course Code: T06015
Suicide Missions: Strategic Logic, Planning, Recruitment and Impact
Monday 11th August 2006
9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST Course Code: T06016
The Psychology of Extremist Groups
Friday 8th September 2006
9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST Course Code: T06017
Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
Monday 25th September to Friday 29th 2006
9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $2,420 incl. GST Course Code: T06018
Transnational Crime in the Asia-Pacific Region
Friday 6th October 2006 9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST Course Code: T06024
Illicit Drugs - Next Generation
13th October 2006 9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST Course Code: T06019
Aircrew Security
3rd November 2006 9.30am to 5.00pm
Cost $715 incl. GST
Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (PICT)
Macquarie University,
T +61 2 9850 4712
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