Another successful year for the ASIS Victoria Australia Chapter has been reported by our outgoing Chair Pascal Engler. Below is a summary of achievements and the Chapter thanks Pascal for his leadership and innovation over the past 3 years as Chair.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has moved to assure Australians the threat level at airports hasn't changed after announcing a $107 million package for a new highly-trained anti-terrorism squad.

Victoria has recently introduced industrial manslaughter offences into its OHS laws with the Victorian Parliament passing the Workplace Safety Legislation Amendment (Workplace Manslaughter and Other Matters) Bill 2019 (Vic) on 26 November 2019.

WorkSafe has charged the Department of Justice and Community Safety for alleged health and safety breaches.

Labour hire legislation in Victoria must be considered by security advisers and those responsible for security in workplaces where contractors provide security personnel.

The overall risk posed by cybersecurity threats has increased over the past 12 months and adoption of cloud technologies is by far the biggest reason, according to new research that found just 31 percent of organisations can mitigate a new risk within a month.

Safe Work Australia has released the Work-related Traumatic Injury Fatalities Australia 2018 report, which provides the latest detailed national statistics on all workers and bystanders fatally injured through work-related activity.

The Chapter's AGM will be conducted on 26 November 2019 from 5.30pm. We are always looking for new Committee members and new ideas.

Fellow committee member of our Chapter Deniel Bennell has taken up the challenge and growing (not impressive at this stage) a mo!