A critical incident investigation is underway after six people were fatally stabbed and a man was shot by police in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs yesterday. About 3.30pm (Saturday 13 April 2024), emergency services were called to Westfield Shopping Centre at Bondi Junction, following reports multiple people had been stabbed. An officer attached to Eastern Suburbs Police ..read more

The Australian Academy of Science says it welcomes the Prime Minister’s announcement of his government’s intention to legislate a Future Made in Australia Act. President of the Australian Academy of Science Professor Chennupati Jagadish said, “A future made in Australia is heavily dependent on the breadth and depth of Australian science. Science underpins innovation and industry ..read more

The Commonwealth of Australia has signed the production contract for 123 Boxer Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles with more than 100 of those vehicles to be exported from Australia for use by the German Army; making it Australia’s largest foreign military export to Germany. The procurement of the Heavy Weapon Carrier vehicles is based on a ..read more

Cybercrime researchers at the University of Adelaide and San Jose State University have enlisted Oracle Autonomous Database to host the world’s first Biometric Analyser and Network Extractor (BANE) platform. Created to better combat transnational organised crime and child exploitation, the BANE platform leverages the scalability and security of Oracle Autonomous Database running on Oracle Cloud ..read more

Adyen has published its Adyen Index Australia: Retail 2024, exposing the impact of fraud on the Australian retail sector. Working alongside the Centre for Economic Business and Research (Cebr), Adyen found that Australian retail businesses lost an average of $2.2m to fraud in 2023. In total, nearly half of Australian retailers (43%) fell victim to ..read more

Gallagher Security has appointed Tim Clayton to the role of Senior Business Development Manager (BDM) South Australia and Northern Territory (SA/NT). Tim says, “What I’m looking forward to most is the people – Gallagher staff and especially our customers and Channel Partners. Listening to what they have to say and establishing strong, high value relationships ..read more

Foundation models, the technology underpinning the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), could boost Australia’s productivity, bolster our economy, and transform industries according to a new report by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Trained on vast amounts of data and able to perform wide-ranging, complex and generalised tasks, foundation models power AI products such as ..read more

HID has released its 2024 State of the Security Industry Report, which gathered responses from 2,600 partners, end users, and security and IT personnel worldwide, across a range of job titles and organisation sizes representing over 11 industries. The 2024 State of Security Report delves into the underlying concerns driving upcoming innovations and the technologies ..read more

The Association of University Chief Security Officers (AUCSO) has announced that its Australasia Chair, Russell Gammie, is to retire after 25 years’ dedicated service. Russell who also retires from his role at Monash University in Australia as Director of Global Security & Crisis Response was the force behind Australia joining AUCSO. Known as the Grandfather ..read more

Nominations for this year’s Australian Security Industry Awards have opened. The security industry will come together on Thursday 24th October 2024 to celebrate excellence and innovation. Award winners and finalists will be recognised during the ceremony and dinner at the Park Hyatt Melbourne. Organised by ASIAL, the 28th Australian Security Industry Awards for Excellence will ..read more