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Standards Australia publishes Mailroom Security handbook
Provides organizations with information on the range of threats that may affect the mail process, and the steps that should be taken to minimise the effects of such incidents.
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•Date: 24th June 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Physical security
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Australia’s critical infrastructure operators briefed on e-security issues
Defence Signals Directorate highlights the emerging e-security challenges and how they can potentially impact on Australia’s critical infrastructure.
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•Date: 12th June 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: ISM news
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The Australian National Audit Office publishes business continuity ‘Better Practice Guide’
‘Business Continuity Management - Building resilience in public sector entities.’
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•Date:9th June 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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The Business Continuity Expo 2009
Sydney. 29 September 2009.
Continuity Forum Pty Ltd has launched a new Australian business continuity exhibition. Registration is free for users of business continuity services. The event includes a Plenary Room for presentations on current industry topics, products and services and a Poster Section for university students and government departments to present their projects and results. http://www.continuityforumevents.net.au
•Date: 2nd June 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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South east Queensland flooding: disaster declared
Disaster relief funding has been activated for flooded areas in south east Queensland, after rain lashed the region this week. The declared Disaster area takes in Sunshine Coast councils south to, and including, the Gold Coast and west to, and including, Toowoomba Regional Council.
•Date: 21st May 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Australian budget provides more cash for disaster resilience
In this week’s Budget, the Australian government pledged to invest an extra $79.3 million to strengthen efforts to prepare for and combat major natural disasters.
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•Date: 14th May 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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APRA releases discussion paper on IT security risk management
Seeks written submissions on proposed guidance by 5 June 2009.
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•Date: 12th May 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector BC
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Business Continuity Institute Australasia publishes Business Continuity Awareness Week activity report
In 2009 the BCI and Continuity Forum combined to provide a range of Australasia activities for the 2009 Business Continuity Awareness Week. A report is now available detailing these. Read (PDF)
•Date: 8th May 2009• Region:Australia •Type: Briefing
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Pandemics – have we really learnt anything?
Leslie T Whittet highlights lessons that both business continuity managers and governments should be learning from the Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak.
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•Date: 6th May 2009• Region:Aus/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Australia’s arrangements for managing national disasters to be examined
At the recent meeting of the Council of Australian Governments’ it was agreed that, in light of the recent Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods, COAG will re-examine Australia’s arrangements for managing national disasters and has agreed to take immediate steps to enhance these arrangements through, inter alia, the development of a telephone-based emergency warning system. More details.
•Date: 6th May 2009• Region:Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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New website to track Murray-Darling Basin water storages
A new interactive website developed by the Australian government will be updated regularly to show water availability in public water storages across the Murray-Darling Basin. The new "Water in Storages" site is available at www.mdba.gov.au/water/waterinstorage
•Date:28th April 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Swine influenza update page
The current situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern: WHO Emergency Committee. This page will be updated with news and resources as the incident develops.
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•Date:26th April 2009• Region: US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Appointment of President of the BCI Australasian Chapter
The BCI has announced that the BCI Australasian Chapter Board voted to appoint Tim Janes as its new President. It has also announced that Les Whittet has been appointed as the Australian Representative of the BCI. http://www.thebci.org.au/
•Date:31st March 2009• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Briefing
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Sydney experiences widearea power blackout
A power blackout caused major problems in Sydney on Monday 30th March. Failure of a high-voltage power cable affected about 70,000 homes and businesses across the CBD and much of the eastern suburbs. Read the story
•Date:31st March 2009• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Briefing
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Business Continuity Benchmarking Survey 2009
Continuity Forum Pty Ltd and the BCI's Australasian Chapter have launched a business continuity benchmarking study.
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•Date:24th March 2009• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Gearing up for Global Business Continuity Awareness Week
New website provides resources and information for Global Business Continuity Awareness Week: March 23 - March 27, 2009.
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•Date:16th March 2009• Region: UK/US/World •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Standards Australia cancels business continuity standard consultation process
Step taken “after it became clear that there were some outstanding corrections and items for incorporation into the drafts.”
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•Date:5th March 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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IBM expands Queensland business continuity offerings
According to IT Wire, IBM has opened a new data centre facility in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland. IBM says that this will augment its existing recovery centre in the area and will enable it to offer a multiple facility recovery strategy with hosting and disaster recovery services provided from two separate facilities. Read more
•Date: 3rd March 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Recovery facilities
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A tailored diagnostic tool
EPCB has provided an Excel-based risk assessment tool for Continuity Central readers.
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•Date: 27th February 2009• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Risk
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Standards Australia releases three-part draft business continuity standard
Public comments invited: deadline is 29th April 2009.
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•Date:26th February 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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$51 million help for Victorian businesses damaged or destroyed by bushfires
The Commonwealth and the Victorian Governments are standing by Australian businesses directly damaged or destroyed by the bushfires, with a $51 million first stage of a joint package to assist small businesses focusing on subsidised low-interest loans, business assistance grants and business re-start mentors. Further information on the assistance package including the eligibility criteria is available from Business Victoria at www.business.vic.gov.au or by phone on 13 22 15.
•Date:19th February 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity specialist Plan-b opens Wellington office
Business continuity specialist Plan-b, who has been active in Auckland for over ten years, is extending its services to businesses and organisations in the Wellington region for the first time. Plan-b claims to be New Zealand's largest dedicated business continuity company, providing contingency services to over 500 organisations in New Zealand and Australia. http://www.plan-b.co.nz/
•Date: 17th February 2009• Region: NZ •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Australian government provides disaster assistance for Victorian bush fires and Queensland floods

New Australian Business Continuity Management Standard – review and discussion
Thursday, 5th March 2009, Sydney.
In anticipation of the release by Standards Australia of the draft Australian Business Continuity Management Standard, Tim Janes, from the NSW BCI Forum, will lead a facilitated review and discussion of the draft standard. The event is free for Continuity Forum and BCI members. If you wish to register, please email Rakhi at web@continuity.net.au or call 02 9415 4180.

Australia-New Zealand Business Continuity Awareness Week
A calendar of events has been made available for the above event which will take place between 23rd and 27th March 2009. People who are planning to hold initiatives linked to the week are encouraged to e-mail manager@continuity.net.au in order for them to be listed on the calendar.
•Date: 30th January 2009• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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Exploring the link between organisational resilience and crisis management
By Alex Serrano, MBCI, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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•Date: 23rd January 2009• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Continuity Forum events February – March 09
A listing of business continuity training workshops and events taking place in Australia.
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•Date:15th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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King tides – helping New South Wales and South East Queensland prepare for climate change impacts
Photographing or recording the effect of the king tide on coastal infrastructure creates a helpful visual record for use in adaptation planning.
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•Date:13th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Continuity Forum and the BCI to work more closely in Australia
The Australian Continuity Forum has announced that it has agreed a new cooperation agreement with the Australasian Chapter of the Business Continuity Institute.
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•Date:9th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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More disaster relief activated for North-West Queensland
The Queensland State Disaster Coordination Centre has been activated following continued monsoonal flooding in the state’s North West. Treasurer and Acting Emergency Services Minister Andrew Fraser said the centre would help to coordinate assistance across 12 disaster-declared local government areas. A number of North-West Queensland towns remain cut off due to poor road conditions and flooding. www.disaster.qld.gov.au
•Date:9th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Australian Federal Government updates continuity of government plan
The Australian Federal Government has extensively revised its continuity of government plan (Plan Mercator) and is considering the construction of new, highly secure, facilities for ministers to use in the event of a national emergency. Read Canberra Times article.
•Date: 6th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector
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Where next for business continuity?
Has business continuity arrived? Is it the finished product? Are the current standards and best practices the destination of two decades of evolution from disaster recovery? Or is the current stage simply part of a journey to a new and different destination? David Honour comments.
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•Date: 23rd Dec 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New pandemic management plan for Australia
‘Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza’ published by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
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•Date:17th Dec 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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The impact of the global financial crisis on the business continuity market
The final results of a recent survey by Continuity Central show that the effects of the credit crunch vary markedly from region to region.
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•Date: 20th Nov 2008• Region:Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Australia gets new Tsunami Warning Centre
Developed under the $68.9 million Australian Tsunami Warning System Project.
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•Date: 4th Nov 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Organizational resilience
What is resilience and what benefits does it offer? Is it an attempt to re-brand business continuity – to give it a new coat of paint? Or, is it an enabler for business continuity practitioners to provide an enhanced level of service to their stakeholders? Robert Oldfield discusses these questions.
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•Date: 24th October 2008• Region:Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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BCI Australian Chapter publishes activity update
Chapter expands to include New Zealand; dates for regional Business Continuity Awareness Week 2008 released.
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•Date: 21st October 2008• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Queensland cyclone risk
A tropical cyclone impact on the Queensland coast is more likely than not this season and Queenslanders are being urged to prepare early for the cyclone and flood season with monsoonal activity expected to be on the upper side of normal. Although a repeat of the widespread flooding rains of last season cannot be ruled out, the chances are not as great in the absence of a well-established La Nina. This outlook for the coming season was issued this week by the Bureau of Meteorology at the official launch of its annual campaign to raise awareness of the various risks associated with natural hazards. http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/cyclone
•Date: 21st October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Australia’s largest counter-terrorism exercise underway
Four-day Mercury 08 exercise involves simulated terrorist attacks in Queensland and Western Australia.
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•Date: 15th October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Boost for tsunami detection capability in WA
Australia's tsunami detection capability has been further enhanced with the deployment of another two Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DARTTM) buoys off the northwest coast of Australia.
•Date: 9th October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Council of Australian Governments’ meeting held
Critical infrastructure and security / emergency management were on the agenda.
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•Date: 7th October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Australian records management spend to grow in 2009
Spurred on by investment in regulatory compliance.
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•Date: 3rd October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Australia gets new National Counter Terrorism Alert System
More flexible system will allow the implementation of an alert level for a specific jurisdiction, industry, business sector or geographic location.
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•Date: 1st October 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Lessons learned from Cyber Storm II
A detailed report outlining Australia’s involvement in the recent international cyber security exercise, Cyber Storm II, has been released by Attorney-General Robert McClelland.
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•Date: 25th Sept 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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Australia and European Commission complete emergency management deal
Australia and the European Union will work more closely together on emergency management challenges, following the completion of agreement to provide mutual support.
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•Date: 23rd Sept 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Judging starts for the 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards
Nominations for the 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards are now closed and judging is taking place.
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•Date: 19th Sept 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New Zealand exporters taking business continuity seriously
67 percent of 485 exporters surveyed by DHL have a business continuity plan and, of these, 73 percent have tested their plan.
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•Date: 19th Sept 2008• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Linus Revive Version 8 launched
Updates to business continuity software focus on enhanced lifecycle management.
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•Date: 10th Sept 2008• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Australian Business Continuity Expo
27th November 2008, St Kilda Parkview Hotel, Melbourne.
Continuity Forum has announced that it is launching a new event, ‘The Business Continuity Expo’. This will provide a venue for Australian business continuity companies to showcase their latest products and services. More details
•Date: 10th Sept 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Events
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Australian National Audit Office seeks feedback on Business Continuity Management Better Practice Guide
ANAO is asking BCMs to complete a short 15 minutes survey by 3rd October 2008.
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•Date: 5th Sept 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Thoughts on business continuity exercises
Rob Davis provides some pointers for successful exercises.
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•Date: 2nd Sept 2008• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC testing & ex.
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Continuity Forum Experienced User Specialist Interest Group meeting
Tuesday 30 September 2008, Sydney.
Richard Taylor head of sales and marketing, BSI Management Systems (ANZ) and Peter Sierwald, MBCI and director Phoenix Continuity Services Pty Ltd will give an address on the topic of BC standards and guidelines. To register please email Rakhi at web@continuity.net.au
•Date: 2nd Sept 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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AlarmPoint Systems opens new Asia-Pacific office in Sydney
Crisis communications provider AlarmPoint Systems has announced the opening of its Sydney, Australia office to meet the growing demand for AlarmPoint's Information Delivery platform in the Asia-Pacific region. The new office is located at: Level 9, 123 Epping Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113 Australia Office: +61 2 8875 7871, Fax: +61 2 8875 7814.www.alarmpoint.com
•Date: 29th August 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Operational risk management and business continuity
How are operational risk management and business continuity connected? Leslie Whittet looks at some aspects of this question.
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•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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Bushfire season warning issued by Queensland government
Most active bushfire season in 15 years predicted.
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•Date: 1st August 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Australia signs tsunami agreement with Indonesia
Tsunami detection in the Indian Ocean will be boosted after the signing of an agreement between government agencies in Australia and Indonesia. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Indonesia's Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (Bagdan Pengkajian dan Penerapan Teknologi or BPPT) have signed a formal agreement to begin a cooperative technical partnership in tsunami observation monitoring and assessment. More details (PDF)
•Date: 31st July 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Council of Australian Governments’ meeting
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) held its 22nd meeting early in July. COAG considered several issues in relation to Australia’s security and emergency management arrangements. Following a review of the National Emergency Protocol, COAG agreed to adopt Model Arrangements for Leadership during Emergencies of National Consequence to guide national efforts in coordinating the response to, and recovery from, emergencies of national consequence. These model arrangements will also guide work by the Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management (MCPEM) in developing Australia’s governance arrangements for a catastrophic natural disaster. COAG also asked the MCPEM to propose a way forward for a nationally-consistent community emergency warning system, for consideration by COAG at its October 2008 meeting.
•Date: 11th July 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Queensland 24/7 disaster watch desk starts work
The Queensland Government's new 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week disaster monitoring unit started operations on Monday, 7 July.
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•Date: 9th July 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Updating the plan update
Tim Janes provides some thoughts on how to improve this process.
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•Date: 7th July 2008• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Plan-b to open Hamilton business recovery centre
New Zealand's latest recovery centre will be officially opened on 9th July by Plan-b.
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•Date: 7th July 2008• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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New Zealand businesses and consumers urged to save power to prevent future black-outs
An advertising campaign has been launched in New Zealand to encourage power consumers to take all available actions to reduce power consumption. This is necessary to reduce the risk of future rolling power outages. Low water levels are threatening the ability to produce power from hydro-electric sources. http://www.powersavers.co.nz/
•Date: 17th June 2008• Region: NZ •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Australian government statement on regional gas supply problems
Disruption to gas supplies affecting businesses in Western Australia.
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•Date: 12th June 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Queensland to buy temporary flood barriers
The Queensland government is buying one kilometre of temporary flood barriers following success protecting the south-west Queensland town of Charleville with a borrowed barrier during flooding this year. Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts said the government’s disaster management experts were impressed how the barrier plugged two unfinished sections of the Charleville levee when the Warrego River peaked in January.
•Date: 3rd June 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Emergency planning
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Government and business group meets to discuss Australian business resilience
The fifth Business-Government Advisory Group on National Security meeting was held in Canberra this week.
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•Date: 22nd May 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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‘Taking a punch: Building a more resilient Australia’
Australian Strategic Policy Institute report recommends a number of measures to build a more resilient Australia.
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•Date: 15th May 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Nominations open for the 2nd Asia Business Continuity Awards
The closing date for entries is 15th July 2008.
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•Date: 15th May 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Queensland Government upgrading disaster monitoring
Permanent 24/7 disaster watch to be introduced.
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•Date: 22nd April 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Australian Privacy Commissioner seeks views on data breach notification guide
Guide aims not only to assist agencies and organisations to minimise the possibility of a breach occurring, but also to prepare for and respond effectively to any breaches if and when they do occur.
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•Date: 16th April 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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Business continuity budgets holding up
The results of Continuity Central’s recent survey.
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•Date: 11th April 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Australia-New Zealand Business Continuity Awareness Week 2008
Continuity Forum is partnering with KPMG in Australia and AMP in NZ to run a series of events linked to the regional Business Continuity Awareness Week 2008, which is taking place between 28 April - 2 May 2008.
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•Date: 11th April 2008• Region: Australia/NZ •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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New Zealand government publishes revised national strategy for emergency management
Country fails to plan for major accidents at installations where hazardous substances are present.
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•Date: 8th April 2008• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency plan.
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A business continuity management primer
Helmut Mair offers advice to those faced with developing their first business continuity plan.
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•Date: 4th April 2008• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC plan dev.
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The design, management and evaluation of exercises and tests
John Salter of Emergency Preparedness Capacity Builders has provided a PDF resource which addresses the above subject.
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•Date: 20th March 2008• Region Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Testing
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Virtualized managed fail-over disaster recovery environment available for Australian businesses
Launched by Macquarie Telecom.
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•Date: 7th March 2008• Region:Australia •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Recovery support for flood-affected Queensland businesses
Tourism, Regional Development and Industry Minister Desley Boyle said the Queensland Government would provide a business support program to aid businesses in Emerald and Charleville with flood recovery. Ms Boyle said the new business support program aimed to help eligible small businesses manage the impacts of flooding on their business operations, plan recovery activities and become more resilient for the future. For more information or to apply, contact the Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry on 4938 4979. Applications close Thursday 12 March 2008.
•Date: 7th March 2008• Region:Australia •Type: Briefing
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Queensland government meets with insurers to discuss flood recovery
The Queensland State Government's Flood Recovery Taskforce has met with insurance company chiefs to discuss issues surrounding the recovery effort in Central Queensland.
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•Date: 6th March 2008• Region:Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Outcomes from National Organisational Resilience Workshop
During December 2007 a national workshop was held at Mt. Macedon Victoria, Australia, to explore the concept of organisational resilience. A report had now been published which summarises the workshop’s findings.
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•Date: 22nd February 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Iron Mountain delivers PC and server data protection solutions to Australia
Iron Mountain has announced that its Connected Backup for PC and LiveVault server backup solutions are now available directly to Australian businesses and partners via a locally-operated data centre in Sydney, Australia. http://www.ironmtn.com.au
•Date: 22nd February 2008• Region:Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Flood assistance extended for 80 Queensland local government areas
The Queensland Government has activated assistance for a further four local government areas in central Queensland, taking the total number of shires where flood support has been triggered this year to 80 shires.
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•Date: 20th February 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Business Continuity Journal Volume Two, Issue Four now available
Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication.
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•Date: 31st January 2008• Region:World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Indian Ocean tsunami: future impacts
The 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands and warning systems are still lagging: researchers.
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•Date: 29th January 2008• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Flood assistance extended to almost half of Queensland
The Queensland Government has activated disaster assistance for a further six local government areas, now making relief available to almost half of the State. Acting Emergency Services Minister Andrew Fraser said activating the joint State-Commonwealth funded Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements to Cook, Croydon, Etheridge, Flinders, McKinlay and Richmond Shires meant assistance was now available for 40 shires. Mr Fraser said the latest extension of disaster assistance followed damage assessments to public infrastructure as a result OF heavy rain and associated flooding from the monsoonal low.
•Date: 18th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Business continuity events in Australia
A roundup of Continuity Forum workshops and conferences taking place in February and March 2008.
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•Date: 17th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Further assistance announced for flood-affected areas of Queensland
Queensland Treasurer and Acting Emergency Services Minister Andrew Fraser has activated financial assistance for 11 local government areas in the Whitsunday region and Queensland's northern areas affected by flooding. Mr Fraser said assistance is now available through the joint State-Commonwealth Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) for the 11 local government areas of Bowen and Whitsunday as well as Burdekin, Cairns, Cardwell, Eacham, Atherton, Johnstone, Townsville, Thuringowa and Mareeba. This announcement followed an earlier one, which stated that NDRRA had been activated for the local government areas of Aramac, Diamantina, Ilfracombe, Jericho, Winton, Barcaldine, Flinders, Isisford and Longreach as a result of severe storms and associated flooding from 22 to 30 December. Assistance for the west follows declarations for several flood-affected areas including the Gold Coast, Logan, Beaudesert and Boonah, Clifton, Stanthorpe and Warwick on the Darling Downs, Cooloola in the Sunshine Coast area and northern areas including Cairns, Johnstone, Cardwell, Mareeba, Atherton and Eacham.
•Date: 11th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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Flood assistance rolls-out across Queensland
Community recovery outreach teams are working in Queensland’s flood-affected regions. Communities Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr said assistance was stepped up again yesterday as flood waters continued to recede and clean-up efforts hit full swing. However, the Bureau of Meteorology continues to forecast rain and thunderstorms across the State and emergency and recovery teams remain on alert. Disaster Relief Hotline: 1800 440 074.
•Date: 11th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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New Zealand Stock Exchange installs new continuous availability system
New Zealand Exchange Limited (NZX) has announced that has replaced the blade servers that had been driving its equities trading engine with fault-tolerant Stratus servers. Read the press release (PDF)
•Date: 10th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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South East Queensland: contingency plans in place if worst drought on record worsens
The Queensland State Government will spend $125 million on early works to ensure South East Queensland’s water supply even if all-time record low rainfalls continue, Acting Premier Paul Lucas said. Mr Lucas said preliminary works including site selection, surveying, water modelling, environmental studies and geotechnical works would begin shortly on two mobile desalination plants and further expansions to South East Queensland Water Grid projects. “By starting work straight away, up to an extra 144 megalitres (ML) a day in contingency supplies can be added to the region by the end of next year,” Mr Lucas said.
•Date: 8th January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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Dates announced for Australian Business Continuity Awareness Week
Will take place from Monday 28th April to Friday 2nd May 2008.
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•Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Business continuity in 2008
What changes and challenges does the new year hold for the business continuity profession? David Honour speculates.
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•Date: 3rd January 2008• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Drought report confirms that Queensland electricity supply is secure
“We have contingency plans to deal with whatever nature throws at our electricity network,” says Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson.
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•Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Business continuity in Australia
An overview of the results of a comprehensive benchmarking survey conducted by Continuity Forum Pty Ltd.
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•Date: 7th December 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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APRA releases Basel II prudential standards
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the suite of prudential standards that will give effect to the implementation of the Basel II Framework, in Australia. The Basel II prudential standards have been finalised after extensive industry consultation, dating back to 2005. This consultation process has aimed at ensuring that the adoption of the Basel II Framework in Australia maintains the integrity of APRA’s prudential framework, is appropriately tailored to reflect local circumstances and takes into account practical implementation issues. The standards are accompanied by a response paper that addresses issues raised by industry on the final drafts of these standards. The Basel II prudential standards will come into force on 1 January 2008. The standards and response paper are available on APRA's website at www.apra.gov.au/ADI/Basel-II-implementation-in-Australia.cfm
•Date: 7th December 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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How to build the perfect business continuity management soufflé...
Chris Bakowski offers a recipe for business continuity success.
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•Date: 28th Nov 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Plan dev.
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ISO publishes international benchmark for incident preparedness and operational continuity management
Publicly Available Specification ISO/PAS 22399:2007.
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•Date: 27th Nov 2007• Region:Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Asia Business Continuity Awards: full results
The first-ever Asia Business Continuity Awards were presented last week at the Seventh Annual Business Continuity Management Conference in Singapore.
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•Date: 6th Nov 2007• Region:Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Survey looks at business continuity priorities of Australian CIOs
Data communications moving up the criticality scale.
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•Date: 26th October 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Personnel insurances related to business continuity planning
John Sloan continues his series of articles looking at insurance policies which can support business continuity.
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•Date: 16th October 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Australian government says that Critical Infrastructure Protection Modelling and Analysis (CIPMA) software is ready for use
Claimed to be the World’s leading computer program to protect critical infrastructure.
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•Date: 5th October 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The features of good planning
In this article John Salter explores the factors that influence good contingency planning and provides a framework to follow to develop an effective ‘emergency risk management framework'.
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•Date: 28th Sept 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC planning
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Pacific Ocean countries take part in UN meeting on tsunami preparations
Four-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System will hear reports from participating nations about what they are doing to be ready for a potential tsunami.
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•Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Australia's Kingston City Council chooses DataCore for new virtual storage infrastructure and disaster recovery
DataCore Software has announced that Kingston City Council, a municipality of Melbourne, has selected DataCore's virtual SAN solution. The solution, proposed and implemented by DataCore solutions partner, Lincom Solutions, gives the Kingston City Council a robust virtual storage infrastructure providing high availability data protection and offsite disaster recovery that fully complements its existing storage systems and integrates seamlessly into their VMware virtual server environment. www.datacore.com
•Date: 20th Sept 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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What about the program?
Many organisations have become trapped in a loop comprising just two steps – developing BCPs and exercising BCPs. Far more is required, says Leslie Whittet.
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•Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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APRA releases its proposed approach to the supervisory review process under Basel II
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a discussion paper on its proposed approach to the supervisory review process under the new Basel II Framework. The Basel II Framework will come into force in Australia on 1 January 2008.Comments on the discussion paper are invited by 26 October 2007. Read the document
•Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing
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COOP Systems adds new capabilities to myCOOP business continuity management software
Includes a premium Software as a Service hosting option, with 99.9 percent SLAs, IP-filtering, forms-based authentication, and a dedicated SQL instance.
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•Date: 13th Sept 2007• Region: US/Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Tsunami warnings issued for Indian Ocean
Countries bordering the Indian Ocean have been advised to take immediate steps to evacuate coastal areas.
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•Date: 12th Sept 2007• Region: Various•Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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Hitachi launches new Australia and New Zealand division
Hitachi Data Systems has formed a Business Consulting Practice for Australia and New Zealand. It will focus on data lifecycle management; storage economics; service management; consolidation and virtualisation, and business continuity and risk. Read the IT News story
•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: NZ/Aus•Type: Briefing •Topic: BC markets
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Auckland loses telecoms
A wide-area telecoms outage affected businesses in Auckland last week, after a fault at two Telecom exchanges brought communications to a halt for more than two hours. Read the NZ Herald story.
•Date: 4th Sept 2007• Region: NZ/Aus•Type: Briefing
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Business interruption insurance and its relation to business continuity planning
John Sloan continues his series explaining various aspects of insurance and the ways in which it can support business continuity.
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•Date: 24th August 2007• Region: NZ/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity standards
An overview of the results of a worldwide survey.
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•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: Aus/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Queensland government signs emergency warning agreement with ABC
A new agreement between the Queensland Government and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will deliver early public warnings about significant emergencies affecting Queenslanders. Under this agreement, senior officers within the Queensland Government will be able to contact the ABC, via a dedicated number, to activate immediate emergency broadcasts. Full 24-hour response arrangements are in place and in the majority of cases emergency information to the public will be live within 15 minutes.
•Date: 10th August 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Crisis comms
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Asia Business Continuity Awards 2007
Award ceremony: 30 October 2007, Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Singapore.
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•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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WHISPIR launches in New Zealand
Whispir provides an ‘intelligent messaging platform’ that structures, automates and logs the delivery of voice, e-mail, web, mobile data and SMS message.
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•Date: 9th August 2007• Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Springfield, Australia, to get two new disaster recovery centres
Two competing facilities to open.
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•Date: 7th August 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Recovery facilities
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Property insurance as it relates to business continuity planning
The first article in a series, by John Sloan.
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•Date: 19th July 2007• Region: NZ/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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New Zealand Defence Force joins the battle against Far North floods
The New Zealand Defence Force has dispatched four Unimog trucks and a P-3K Orion aircraft to assist with civil defence efforts at the top of the North Island.
Regular and territorial force personnel have been put on standby and a Seasprite helicopter and Iroquois helicopter are also on standby to assist with reconnaissance and damage assessment efforts. The Unimog trucks will carry supplies and assist by transporting stranded people out of areas unreachable by other vehicles. The P-3K Orion is currently flying over the area to survey damage and relay information back to rescue teams on the ground. The Far North was hit with a month’s worth of rain in less than 12 hours leaving many homes flooded or without power. Civil defence efforts are being co-ordinated by the National Crisis Management Centre in Wellington.
•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing
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Business Continuity Institute takes the examination route
Launches certificate exam and e-learning training courses.
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•Date: 11th July 2007• Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Sydney prepares for an APEC experience
This article by Tim Janes considers the business continuity issues created by September’s APEC Leader’s Week in Sydney, Australia: including possible business continuity impacts, responses and potential opportunities.
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•Date: 22nd June 2007• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Report published on Cumpston 06
Findings available from last year’s Australian national pandemic influenza exercise.
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•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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Basel II updates
- APRA releases revised Basel II advanced approaches
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released a paper that sets out its responses to submissions on its proposals to implement the advanced approaches under the new Basel II capital adequacy regime http://www.apra.gov.au/ADI/Basel-II-implementation-in-Australia.cfm.
- Recent initiatives by the Basel-based committees and groups
BIS Quarterly Review, part 8, June 2007
http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt0706j.pdf
•Date: 14th June 2007 • Region: World/Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Op risk
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New South Wales picks up the pieces after storms and flooding
Extensive property damage and a significant number of fatalities occurred.
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•Date: 12th June 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Queensland to get new Chemical Incident Environmental Advisory Service
Will help agencies to minimise the risk to property, health and the environment from any major chemical incidents.
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•Date: 7th June 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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APRA releases Basel II market disclosure proposals
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a discussion paper and draft prudential standard setting out its proposed approach to market disclosure under the new Basel II capital adequacy regime. The approach applies to all locally incorporated authorised deposit-taking institutions in Australia.
The proposals aim to enhance transparency and market discipline in Australian financial markets through high quality and timely market disclosure on the risk management practices and capital adequacy of ADIs. Both the discussion paper and the draft prudential standard are available on APRA's web site at http://www.apra.gov.au/ADI/Basel-II-implementation-in-Australia.cfm
•Date: 7th June 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Operational risk
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Customers ditch Orcon after data centre fails
Customers say they will vote with their feet and pull out of Orcon’s data centre on Auckland’s North Shore following a major outage. Andrew Thompson, of Auckland-based software developer TVD, says his company has had enough after the outage. Slamming the redundancy arrangements as ‘pathetic’ and questioning why there is only a single power feed to the Northcote data centre, Thompson says his company lost tens of thousands of dollars as a result of the failure. Read the story.
•Date: 31st May 2007• Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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New Zealand to get tsunami phone alert system
Auckland's North Shore residents will soon have access to a phone-based tsunami alert system. 15,000 homes and businesses will be invited to join the scheme. Read the story.
•Date: 24th May 2007• Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing •Topic: Crisis comms
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An ABC of message maps
Message maps support effective communication in a crisis but narrow and rigid message mapping can be a trap in a crisis. John Salter provides guidance on this issue...
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•Date: 18th May 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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BCI Australia becomes ‘The Business Continuity Institute Incorporated’
Incorporation as a legal Australian association ‘is a huge step forward for the BCI’s operations in Australia’.
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•Date: 9th May 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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New Zealand companies failing to appreciate the importance of reputation risk
According to a survey by Senate Communication Counsel and TNS Global.
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•Date: 9th May 2007 • Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis comms
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Reserve Bank of Australia to get new business continuity solution
IPC has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Reserve Bank of Australia to provide a fully resilient communications infrastructure for a second trading floor that will provide business continuity for the financial markets group.
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•Date: 4th May 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Financial sector
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New Zealand government consults on power resilience
A proposed National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission has been agreed by the New Zealand government for public notification by a Board of Inquiry.
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•Date: 3rd May 2007 • Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: Power management
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Australian drought contingency statement
Joint Statement by the Prime Minister and the Premiers of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
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•Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency plan
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New Zealand government departments to increase business continuity spending
According to Statistics New Zealand.
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•Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: NZ •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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North America, South America and Australia Business Continuity Awareness Week
Taking place between May 6-12, 2007.
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•Date: 20th April 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Brisbane gets new CBD emergency plan
‘Brisbane Secure’, will help emergency services and state and local government officials give the community the best possible protection and advice in the event of an accident, threat or terrorist attack in the CBD.
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•Date: 19th April 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Council of Australian Governments meeting report
Critical infrastructure, human Influenza pandemic prevention and preparedness, and counter-terrorism on the agenda.
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•Date: 17th April 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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New Zealand Government establishes flood helpline
A New Zealand Government 0800 flood helpline has been set up to provide information on government services for people and businesses affected by the Northland floods. The Ministry of Social Development is coordinating the helpline (0800 779 9970). The 0800 information line will operate daily between 7am and 8pm during the week and 8am to 5pm in the weekend. "Government agencies are working closely together and are closely monitoring the issues raised by flood-affected people," said a government spokesperson. "The initial focus will be on ensuring peoples’ immediate needs are being met. A great deal of infrastructure in the flood-affected area has been damaged. This has impacted on the lives of hundreds of New Zealanders. As we assess the extent of the damage caused by the flooding, government services will evolve further.” More details on the flooding
•Date: 20th March 2007 • Region: New Zealand •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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COOP Systems announces distribution agreement with IBM Australia
COOP Systems has announced that IBM Australia has agreed to resell, host, and support the myCOOP Business Continuity Management software package for IBM clients. myCOOP will be available from IBM A/NZ Global Technology Services and represents the latest step in IBM’s strategy to deliver comprehensive scalable solutions. “We are delighted by the decision. IBM has an unmatched ability to support organizations’ BCM needs globally with extensive infrastructure and professional services,” said Chris Alvord, CEO of COOP Systems. “Australia and New Zealand are fundamental to COOP Systems’ worldwide corporate strategy. Our Melbourne office, managed by Paul Farley, our Asia Pacific Program Manager, is evidence of our commitment to the region.” http://www.coop-systems.com
•Date: 20th March 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Pandemic planning – a win for everyone
Pandemic planning has more general benefits, says Leslie Whittet.
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•Date: 16th March 2007• Region: Australia/World •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic plan.
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NOAA and Australian Bureau of Meteorology agree tsunami early warning partnership
NOAA and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology have officially signed an agreement to promote cooperative technical partnerships in tsunami early warning systems. As part of this effort, NOAA and the Bureau expect to launch a new Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoy station in April to further strengthen the Indian Ocean region’s capacity for tsunami warning. Read the NOAA press release.
•Date: 27th Feb 2007 • Region: Aust / US •Type: Briefing •Topic: Emergency planning
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Business Continuity Institute publishes Good Practice Guidelines 2007
New addition of free business continuity guidance now available.
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•Date: 15th Feb 2007 • Region: UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC plan development
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Limitations in Australia and New Zealand data centres restricting mission critical market
Demand may outstrip supply: report.
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•Date: 9th Feb 2007 • Region: Australasia •Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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Financial support for bushfire victims
Fire victims in Victoria’s south-west are now eligible for extra financial assistance to help meet immediate recovery costs following a joint decision between Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Premier Steve Bracks.
The Community Recovery Fund supports a one-off Clean-up and Restoration Grant of up to $15,000 for primary producers, small business and charities to assist with clean-up and recovery not covered by insurance arrangements. For more details visit www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency or phone the Victorian Bushfire Hotline on 1800 240 667.

Queensland government issues warning about cyclone threat
Quiet start to the season, but increased cyclone risk from February through to April.
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•Date: 2nd Feb 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Warnings
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EnergyAustralia suffers back-up catastrophe
ZDNet Australia has reported that EnergyAustralia is ‘scrambling to restore business critical data "lost" as a result of back-up failures that went undetected for several months.’ The fault was only discovered when a problem with a server caused data loss at a number of EnergyAustralia offices, including its Sydney headquarters. In a recent internal e-mail to employees, Don Anderson, EnergyAustralia executive general manager for shared services, said: "The back-ups were affected by an underlying, undetected software problem that had been damaging the back-ups for a number of months." Read the story
•Date: 24th January 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: IT continuity
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Widespread power outages in Victoria
Many parts of Melbourne, Geelong and eastern Victoria without power following bushfire damage.
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•Date: 16th January 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Power man.
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Regional tsunami warning system opened in Canberra
Safeguarding Australia has reported that the Geoscience Australia ‘operations hub’ of the Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (ATWC) has been opened in Canberra. This will detect earthquakes in the region and determine whether they are likely to cause a tsunami by examining the magnitude, location, depth and other seismic characteristics. The Bureau of Meteorology will collect tide gauge data, and the two agencies would work together to determine whether a tsunami warning should be issued.
•Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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New Zealand emergency warning system under fire
According to the New Zealand Herald, the reliability of the country's civil defence emergency warning system is under question as the upgrade of a key part of it has been relegated to the backburner. Read the story
•Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: New Zealand •Type: Briefing •Topic: DR general
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‘Good Security – Good Business’
The Australian Federal Government has developed a business continuity guide for SMEs.
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•Date: 9th January 2007 • Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Business continuity resolutions for 2007
Ten things to consider adding to your to-do list. By David Honour.
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•Date: 3rd Jan 2007• Region: World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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