The Community Development and Justice Standing Committee will inquire into and report on the protection of crowded places in Western Australia from terrorist acts.

The President of SAIWA – Michael Dyer and the SAIWA Executive Officer – Ron Adams have attended the enquiry and made a submission on 14 March 2018

You can see the transcript of the Submission/Evidence provided to the members conducting the enquiry here:

Evidence by Mr Michael DYER (President, Security Agents Institute of Western Australia), Mr Ronald ADAMS (Executive Officer, Security Agents Institute of Western Australia) on 14/03/2018

In particular, the Committee will consider the Parliament of Western Australia’s role in overseeing counter-terrorism arrangements in Western Australia to ensure that it can properly evaluate the:

1. state-based emergency management framework;

2. implementation of mitigation and protective security measures;

3. relationships between state government departments and agencies and owners and operators of crowded places;

4. capability of the Western Australia Police Force to respond to a terrorist attack on a crowded place; and

5. security licensing, registration, and assurance processes in Western Australia.

In doing so, the Committee will have regard for the flow of information between agencies and other relevant stakeholders.

Further information about the enquiry is available here:

Inquiry into the Protection of Crowded Places from Terrorist Acts