The Safeguarding Australia Conference in 2005 was the nation’s premier domestic security event.

The event was very successful and brought together policy makers, practitioners, academics and industry professionals.

The theme of the Summit and Exposition was to provide practical information on Australian developments.

Over three days, the Summit examined the policy consequences for domestic security of the Howard Government's fourth term. It identified issues for the implementation of the policy decisions and then consider pressing operational problems in the first responder community and Australian business.

Day 1: The Howard Government's 4th Term Agenda

• Safeguarding Australia – Implementing the Current Agenda: Policy, Intelligence and Policing
• The Opposition Critique
• Defence and Homeland Security
• Document Verification and Secure Personal Identity
• Counter-Terrorism and Civil Liberties — the right balance?

Day 2: Planning for National Special Security Events & Delivering Actionable Intelligence and Business Involvement

• Security Environment for the Commonwealth Games 2006
• Applying International Best Practice
• Developing Actionable Intelligence for Homeland Security
• Spending the Money – Public and Private Sector Investment for Homeland Security

Day 3: Day 3: Science, Engineering and Technology Summit

• The importance of SET to counter-terrorism
• What are the national research institutions (CSIRO, DSTO, ANSTO, GA) doing in counter-terrorism & how can industry and government leverage from it?
• 2 streams of technology updates
• 2 streams of refereed papers

Exposition

There was an extensive exposition run over 3 days.

Who attended?

• Senior representatives from the military and law enforcement communities
• Senior State & Local government administrators
• Strategic and intelligence analysts
• Risk and security managers
• Emergency services and health professionals
• Critical infrastructure providers
• Engineers, scientists and technologists
• Corporate and business executives