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ARPC supports ‘crowded places’ anti-terror plan

The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation (ARPC) backs the recently unveiled national security plan to protect crowded places from terror attacks similar to the Manchester Arena bombing in May.

The Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee released Australia’s Strategy for Protecting Crowded Places from Terrorism last month.

“One of [our] strategic objectives is to ‘support and promote terrorism risk mitigation’,” the ARPC says in a market update. “This is achieved through supporting and promoting initiatives that reduce the risk carried by ARPC and ultimately the Australian Government.”

Post-attack recovery plans and increased resilience form part of the strategy. “Resilient crowded places can do more to prevent a terrorist attack, can reduce the damage caused by an attack and can recover more quickly after an attack has occurred,” the strategy states.

It says a robust business continuity plan often includes cross-training of skills among the paid and volunteer workforce and documented procedures to guide staff to quickly perform unfamiliar tasks.