By Elaine Doyle You have just received a call from ASIO: Your organisation has been identified as a target of terrorism. The threat has risen from expected to imminent. What do you do? If you are in charge of an organisation faced with a terrorism attack the common misconception is that the police will protect and secure staff, clients and property...but this is not true. The onus is on the organisation to plan and prepare for such a crisis (1). In the event that an organis

Forecasts of high temperatures over this summer could potentially place your business in jeopardy of a power outage due to high power consumption if extreme temperatures are reached. High summer temperatures in Victoria not only increase the risk of power outages but the more devastating risk of bushfires. The Bushfire and Natural Hazard CRC recent Hazard Note warns that more frequent weather extremes continue to create above normal fire potential.[1] The Australian Energy Ma

With the G20 Summit recently taking place in Brisbane, all eyes have been on the Queensland Capital. Brisbane, a city that often takes a back seat to the bigger cities of Sydney and Melbourne, has been catapulted to global fame as world leaders including US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and of course, our own Prime Minister Tony Abbott trickle in for the Summit. Anytime world leaders come together, security and safet

You probably noticed that Australia Day 2012 proffered more for the media than the standard scenes of revelry involving barbeques, beers, and people wearing the Australian flag as a cape. Instead the news channels were awash with reports about the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader’s brush with Tent Embassy activists outside the Lobby restaurant in Canberra (Aboriginal activists attack Gillard, Abbott on Australia Day). For public relations professionals, or for those seek