At 1:20pm on Sunday 14 August, 2022, a 63 year old man allegedly drew a pistol and fired at least five rounds into glass panels at the departures area of Canberra Airport. Thankfully no one was hurt and the alleged offender was arrested immediately, but the incident serves as a wakeup call for Australians who have been somewhat complacent about the threat of shootings in this country. Coming off the heels of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and a list of gun murders throughout the country, our expert panel discuss what Australian businesses and communities need to know and be aware of to address this risk. 

The panel for this discussion features:

Leanne Close - Former Deputy Commission National Security of the Australian Federal Police (30+ year policing career)

Jason Alcorn - Former Northern Territory and AFP officer, 20+ years in high-risk security management

Joe Saunders - Leading workplace violence expert, 2021 Outstanding Security Consultant of the Year and 2022 IFSEC Global Thought Leader in Security

On this episode of the Presilience Podcast, the panel unpacks some of the early lessons that Australia can take from the horrific tragedy in Uvalde.   

The panel consists of: 

Leanne Close - Former Deputy Commission Australian Federal Police, 30 year law enforcement veteran 

Jason Alcorn - Former specialist police offer, enterprise security expert 

Dr Gav Schneider - Global security thought leader, creator of Presilience®

Joe Saunders - Workplace violence expert, 2021 Outstanding Security Consultant of the Year  

As much as this is an incredibly painful topic to talk about, it is imperative that we learn any lesson available to ensure this never happens on our soil (or anywhere else to the best of our ability).  

Risk 2 Solution have made our Active Armed Offender Management Training free for the month of June. You can access it here: https://www.r2s.academy/courses/aaomt

In this episode of the Presilience Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dave Cohen - General Manager of the Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia. We chat about upskilling and reskilling employees into cyber security roles and why businesses shouldn't be waiting until cyber security obligations become mandatory.

For more information about CTIA check out https://cyber-tech.institute/

For more information about Presilience, visit Presilience®

In this episode, Risk 2 Solution General Manager of Training & Education, Ron Amram, provides his thoughts on how we can do workplace training and education better. He also talks at length about the messaging and narrative around mandatory training and professional development.  

For more information, please visit www.risk2solution.com or www.presilience.edu.au

In this episode we are joined by a panel of experts discussing the national security, business and cyber implications of the war between Russia and the Ukraine for Australians. 

The guests are:  

The panel is moderated by Joe Saunders, host of the Presilience Podcast and 2021 Outstanding Security Consultant of the Year.  

Links for more information: 

In this episode we are joined by cyber security expert, Sean Finn.

If you're interested in learning more about the CTIA, you can find out more here: Your Career In Tech Starts Now - Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia (CTIA)

To attend the launch event on December 7, full details are here: Official Launch of CTIA (Hybrid) - Cyber-Tech Institute of Australia (CTIA)

Leanne Close was the head of ASPI’s counter-terrorism program in 2020.

Prior to joining ASPI, Leanne was a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with over 33 years policing and law enforcement experience.

From 2017 – 2019, Leanne was responsible for the AFPs National Security portfolio. As part of that role she led and managed teams responsible for counter-terrorism investigations, protection and aviation operations. Leanne provided policy advice to Ministers and government and collaborated with Commonwealth, State and Territory agencies in relation to the development of key strategies for dealing with national security matters. She was also the AFP representative at the Australia / New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee.

In 2016, Leanne completed a 12-month secondment at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department as Deputy Secretary Criminal Justice Group. In this role she was responsible for the strategic leadership and management of criminal justice matters on behalf of the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. Specifically, Leanne led teams managing: criminal law policy and legislation development; Australian treaty negotiations; extradition and mutual assistance requests; anti-corruption policy; negotiation for international transfers of prisoners; national firearms policy, including successful re-negotiation of the National Firearms Agreement; and, international engagement with justice sectors in South-East Asia, the Pacific and Papua New-Guinea.

From 2015-2019, Leanne was the permanent Co-Chair of the Asia-Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering. The APG is the largest Financial Action Taskforce in the world today, comprising 41-member states. It is a regional multi-lateral organisation, with the strategic mission to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.

Commencing her policing career in 1986, Leanne has investigated, and led teams involved in, a variety of areas including financial crimes and narcotic importation in Sydney and community policing within the Australian Capital Territory. Other senior leadership roles held by Leanne in the AFP included Deputy Commissioner Operations and Assistant Commissioner for Protection, Aviation Operations, Human Resources, Professional Standards and Learning and Development.

While working at the Australian Federal Police College, Leanne developed and introduced mechanisms and structures for the AFP College to become a Registered Training Organisation, thereby allowing the organisation to grant nationally recognised qualifications, including the inaugural Diploma of Policing and Certificate IV in Investigations.

Leanne was awarded with the Australian Police Medal in 2005.

Her qualifications include a Master of Education Leadership from the University of Canberra and two Graduate Certificates in Professional Development Education (University of Canberra) and Applied Management (Australian Institute of Police Management).

Tony McGuirk has had an exemplary career in Emergency Management leadership in the UK, as both Chief Executive and Chief Fire Officer, with over 40 years’ experience in emergency and public-sector organisations. He has managed major incidents including multiple rescues, large scale pollution incidents, major evacuations, and major floods.

He has a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management, he is Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers, a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety management, and a Graduate of the Harvard Business School. Alongside consultancy work, he is the Director of Hazmat & Specialised Support for the New South Wales EPA.

A former television news reporter and Washington D.C. correspondent, Andrea covered major news events for Al Jazeera English, the Pentagon Channel and Thomson Reuters before working on humanitarian aid programs to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. With an obsession for growing careers, Andrea founded FutureFitCo in 2012. She is the author of the newly released book: 'Future Fit: How to Stay Relevant and Competitive in the Future of Work'.

Robin is a best-selling author, professional speaker, trainer, facilitator, and retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. Robin has taken his life's work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship building into Five Steps to TRUST and Six Signs of who you can TRUST. 

Since 2010, Robin has been working with large corporations as well as small companies in every aspect of their business. Whether it is newly promoted leaders, executives, sales teams, or customer relations, Robin has crafted his consultancy, People Formula, for quick results and maximum success.  

He is the author of three books: 

In this episode, Robin gives his best tips for building trust in an organisation or team.  Get 25% off all of Robin's online products at www.peopleformula.com and enter the coupon code presilience25