Terrorist attacks at large public gatherings and
vehicular terrorism appear to be on the constant rise across the
globe, as recently as November 2018 in Melbourne. Governments are
subsequently being forced to rethink and reform their national
security measures, and Australia is no exception. While the focus
of how to more effectively manage and prevent large scale terrorist
attacks is not a recent development, what is new is the private
sector's role in preventing terrorist acts and in particular,
their potential liability exposure if they fail to fulfil these
duties.
Occupational Security: building national resilience
Australian security intelligence suggests that the vulnerability
and resilience of a specific target are factors in terrorists'
decision making process when deciding whether to proceed with an
attack.1 Therefore, effective deterrence is essential to
preventing terrorist threats. This requires building and developing
methods of resilience in order to
