In the wake of the recent alleged suspension of up to 400 security licenses in Victoria, we speak with Peter Johnson of the compliance department within ASIAL, Tim Sell of the International Security Training Academy and David Dettmann, former Superintendent in charge of security licensing with Victorian Police about the challenges around security licensing in Victoria. Are character references an appropriate  form of probity check? Why does Victoria allow holders of holiday and overseas student visas to work in security and how many of these issues could be addressed through the introduction of a national license?

In this podcast, we speak with Chris Delaney, ASIAL Industrial Relations Advisor, Joh Paynter, Paynter Security (TBC) and Leni Ison, Executive Manager Business, ACES about whether or not there is a disconnect between ‘price makers’ and ‘price takers’ as to the value of security? How do we improvement procurement practices? What role should government play and are the penalties for non-compliance sufficient to deter poor practices?

In this episode, we speak with Chris Delaney, ASIAL Industrial Relations Advisor and Peter Strong, CEO, COSBOA (Council of Small Business Organisations Australia), about the importance of ethical procurement practices when procuring security services. What are the key ingredients to ethical procurement practices? Do we have the right balance? What role should government play? What are the issues faced by small business when it comes to procurement? What are the penalties for non-compliance and how do we improvement procurement practices?

In this, the first episode of a new Podcast series from the Australia Security Industry Association Limited (ASIAL), we speak with Dr Anthony Bergin, Senior Analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Don Williams, thought leader and independent security consultant. Anthony and Don are co-author's of a recently released paper titled Safety In Numbers, which looks at the role of private security in Australia's counter terrorism arrangements. Joining the podcast we also have Bryan de Caires, Chief Executive Officer of ASIAL and John Bigelow of Security Solutions.