By Elaine Doyle Allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment and inappropriate behaviour have been frequently surfacing in the media. Most recently stories from the entertainment industry, the notoriety of the ‘casting couch’ seems it has valid origins. Workplaces, in all industries should be a place free of the fear of harassment. Staff should be safeguarded with organisational policies and procedures in place clearly stating what is, and what is NOT appropriate. But the q

With two major public attacks in 2017 and a further 6 foiled terrorist attacks since 2014 [1], Melbourne’s crown of the ‘most liveable city’ has tarnished. No longer swaddled by Australia’s isolated location, Australian citizens must live up to the realisation that they too are vulnerable to attacks by terrorists or deranged individuals. Whilst bombs and guns are the obvious weapons to fear, attacks are becoming more common by using cars driven on busy footpaths. The unexpect

An international collaborative partnership with BlackBerry has enabled Melbourne based Crisis Shield to build a robust crisis management solution utilising BlackBerry’s AtHoc crisis communications software. Allan Briggs director of Melbourne based Crisis Communication Consultancy ‘Crisis Shield’ recently delivered a keynote speech at the BlackBerry Security Summit on 24 October 2017 in London. As part of the presentation, Allan spoke about the launch of the Melbourne Shield p