Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism
Owners and operators of crowded places have the primary responsibility for protecting their sites, including a duty of care to take steps to protect people that work, use, or visit their site from a range of foreseeable threats, including terrorism.
The approach taken to protect crowded places should be nationally consistent, proportionate and, to every extent possible, preserve the public’s use and enjoyment of these places.
Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism is based on:
- building strong partnerships
- enabling better information sharing and guidance
- implementing effective protective security
- increasing resilience
- complementing local arrangements including: security plans, emergency response and recovery arrangements and business continuity.
This Strategy ensures there is a clear and consistent understanding of what constitutes a crowded place, the roles and responsibilities of all those involved in protecting these places, and the threat environment in which they operate.
The Strategy is supported by a suite of supplementary guidelines that will further assist owners and operators to understand and implement protective security measures.
By accessing this Strategy, owners and operators will be in a better position to protect their crowded places against terrorism.
For more information on how to protect your crowded place, read Australia's Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism
