New criminal underpayment laws came into force on January 1, 2025, following the registration of the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code. The Code provides small business employers with a clear pathway to avoid criminal prosecution for the new wage theft offence. The Code and its explanatory statement can be viewed online at the Federal ..read more

Written by staff writer. The NSW Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate (SLED) director has apologised to clients over difficulties caused by the agency’s migration to the new NSW whole-of-government licensing system. “The ‘journey’ has been far more difficult than anticipated,” said Cameron Smith on LinkedIn last week. The agency oversees the private security industry in ..read more

Written by Jeff Park, Country Manager – Australia and New Zealand, Seagate. Video surveillance systems are becoming a critical part of public services and private enterprises. Going beyond its traditional use of security and safety, today these video surveillance systems are now used to drive innovation and quality of service: smart traffic and public transport management ..read more

A new report has found that a critical shortage of seafarers threatens Australia’s energy security, national defence and supply chain resilience, requiring an urgent overhaul of maritime skills and training. Released this week, the Maritime Workforce Position Paper was commissioned by energy exploration and production company INPEX and supported by the Australian Resources & Energy ..read more

A new Charles Darwin University (CDU) study examining the language of some of the world’s most notorious individuals has found that they use victim-blaming, denial, and reversal to justify their actions and influence audience perceptions of harm and agency. The study, Discursive pragmatics of justification in terrorist threat texts: Victim-blaming, denying, discrediting, legitimating, manipulating, and retaliation ..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

Visa has announced that Visa Advanced Authorisation (VAA), its AI-based real-time payment fraud monitoring solution, has prevented $714 million[1] in fraud from disrupting Australian businesses in a year[2]. Joe Cunningham, Head of Risk for Visa Asia Pacific, said: “Preventing more than $700 million in fraud is an incredible testament to Visa’s AI-powered security capabilities, yet is ..read more

Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The closely interlinked peril of Business interruption ranks second. Natural catastrophes (up from #6 to #3 year-on-year), Fire, explosion (up from #9 to #6), and Political risks and violence ..read more

Motorola Solutions has announced it will be ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The company is also announcing its new brand narrative, ‘Solving for safer,’ which highlights its sharpened focus on solving for safer communities, safer schools and safer businesses. “From our storied history, today we bridge to an even stronger ..read more