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Housing Construction Challenges Will Hit Product and Service Providers
Residential
Wednesday August 3 2022

Housing Construction Challenges Will Hit Product and Service Providers

A contraction in detached house construction activity across Australia albeit from an elevated base will have flow of effects for suppliers of building products and services,...

Cyber security: Time to Close the Back Door
Technology
Monday August 31 2020

Cyber security: Time to Close the Back Door

Cyber security threats are not a new phenomenon. Information technology (IT) systems have always needed to be protected from unauthorised access.

Security is Critical in Building Management Systems
Commercial
Wednesday May 20 2020

Security is Critical in Building Management Systems

Back in 2013, US retailer Target became engulfed in a crisis after cyber criminals gained access to its point of sale (POS) system and stole credit/debit...

Security and Architecture of Fear
Commercial
Thursday March 19 2020

Security and Architecture of Fear

Since 9/11, designing for increased security needs has taken on a whole new dimension, but is safety coming at the cost of architecture?

We Need to Talk About Security
Buildings
Thursday February 8 2018

We Need to Talk About Security

By multiple accounts, it’s become apparent that cyber-crime pays.

Casual Workers Make Airports Unsafe: TWU
Strata
Thursday August 10 2017

Casual Workers Make Airports Unsafe: TWU

A leading transport union has slammed security measures at the nation's airports saying a high turnover of staff means workers without security clearance are being granted...

Australian Airport Security Boosted After Terror Plot
Commercial
Tuesday August 1 2017

Australian Airport Security Boosted After Terror Plot

Screening at Australian airports has intensified and travellers should expect delays after authorities foiled a terrorist plot to bring down an aircraft using an improvised device.

Australia Must Manage Cyber Risk to Civil Infrastructure
Technology
Thursday June 15 2017

Australia Must Manage Cyber Risk to Civil Infrastructure

In the movie Die Hard 4, villain Thomas Gabriel used hackers to gain control of transport grids and the stock market and later plunged much of...

Is Security Eroding Democracy?
Commercial
Friday June 9 2017

Is Security Eroding Democracy?

On November 30 last year, two activists who opposed Australia’s offshore detention policy abseiled down the front of Parliament House to unfurl a banner calling for...