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Recommendations
Recommendation 1
2.92 The committee recommends that the scope of the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 and the Maritime Transport and
Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 be widened to include serious and
organised crime in addition to terrorist activity and unlawful interference.
Recommendation 2
3.29 The committee recommends that security at
major airports be undertaken by a suitably trained government security force.
Recommendation 3
3.52 The committee recommends that joint maritime
taskforces, mirroring the functions of the Joint Aviation Investigation Teams
and Joint Aviation Intelligence Groups in the maritime sector be established in
every state and the Northern Territory. These taskforces should include
officers of the Australian Federal Police, state or territory police, the
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Australian Crime
Commission.
Recommendation 4
3.56 The committee recommends the formation of a
Commonwealth maritime crime taskforce that would act as a national Australian
Federal Police led 'flying squad', responding to specific intelligence and also
conducting randomised audits of maritime and seaport security.
Recommendation 5
3.120 The committee recommends that the
Attorney-General's Department conduct a review of current information sharing
arrangements between law enforcement agencies and private organisations in the
aviation and maritime sectors.
Recommendation 6
4.17 The committee recommends that the Crimes
(Aviation) Act 1991 be amended so as to create a new offence of
deliberately travelling under a false identity.
Recommendation 7
4.27 The committee recommends that it be made a
legal requirement to provide photo identification confirming passenger identity
immediately prior to boarding an aircraft.
Recommendation 8
4.44 The committee recommends that the Commonwealth
Government review the technical and administrative requirements necessary to
facilitate the effective sharing of information between airlines and air cargo
agents and law enforcement agencies and the Australian Crime Commission Fusion
Centre for the purpose of enhancing aviation security and law enforcement
activities. The review should include research into technical requirements for
such a scheme, the costs involved and any relevant statutory or other barrier
to the sharing of such information. The findings of the review should be
reported to the Australian Parliament.
Recommendation 9
4.63 The committee recommends that the Australian
Government provide further resources to support an increased presence for
currency and illicit drug detection canine units at Australian airports.
Recommendation 10
4.81 The committee recommends that access to port
security areas prescribed under the Maritime Transport and Offshore
Facilities Security Act 2003 should require verification that the Maritime
Security Identification Card belongs to the individual seeking access, either
through human gate operators, verification by Closed Circuit Television or any
other appropriate solution.
Recommendation 11
4.94 The committee recommends the development of a
system that enables the confidential movement and examination of containers
that increases the likelihood that trusted insiders involved in serious or
organised crime are not alerted to law enforcement agency interest in a
container.
Recommendation 12
4.109 The committee recommends that the Commonwealth
government further invest in CCTV at airports and ports, with consideration of
a number of ongoing improvements, including:
- that
CCTV cameras should be capable of producing footage of evidential quality;
- the
continuing lead role of Customs in coordinating the monitoring of CCTV
networks; and
- that
CCTV networks should be complemented with automated number plate recognition,
and/or facial recognition technology.
Recommendation 13
4.119 The committee recommends that Customs be given
the power to revoke a depot, warehouse or broker's license if it determines, on
the strength of compelling criminal intelligence, that an individual or
individuals are involved or strongly associated with significant criminal
activity.
Recommendation 14
5.45 The committee recommends that the Attorney-General's
Department, in consultation with the Australian Crime Commission, reviews the
list of relevant security offences under the ASIC and MSIC schemes to assess
whether any further offences are required in order to effectively extend those
schemes to protect the aviation and maritime sectors against the threat of
infiltration by serious and organised criminal networks.
Recommendation 15
5.72 The committee recommends that the
Attorney-General's Department arrange for a suitable law enforcement agency to
be given the power to revoke an Aviation Security Identification Card or
Maritime Security Identification Card if it is determined that a cardholder is
not a fit and proper person to hold a card on the basis of compelling criminal
intelligence.
Recommendation 16
5.76 The committee recommends that the MSIC
eligibility criteria be harmonised with that of the ASIC scheme so as to make
two or more convictions of an individual for maritime security relevant
offences grounds for disqualification if one of those convictions occurred in
the 12 months prior to an application, regardless of whether either conviction
led to a term of imprisonment.
Recommendation 17
5.94 The committee recommends the expansion of the
coverage of the ASIC and MSIC schemes to capture a greater part of the overall
supply chain, including some or all of the following:
- staff
at cargo unpacking and stuff-unstuff facilities;
- transport
workers involved in the transmission of cargo between ports, airports and other
parts of the logistical chain;
- customs
brokers that do not access port facilities; and
- human
resource staff and management at companies with employees that currently must
hold ASICs or MSICs.
Recommendation 18
5.102 The committee recommends that Auscheck and
CrimTrac work together to develop a database system that enables continual
assessment of a cardholder's criminal record in order to ensure that
cardholders are disqualified very soon after being convicted of a relevant
security offence.
Recommendation 19
5.115 The committee recommends that use of biometric
information, particularly fingerprints, to establish a unique identifier for
applicants for the purpose of maintaining an accurate database of cardholders.
Recommendation 20
5.116 The committee recommends that the Australian
Government consider the use of biometric information for the purpose of
controlling access to security controlled areas in the aviation and maritime
sectors.
Recommendation 21
5.124 The committee recommends that AusCheck
establish memoranda of understanding with the Australian Federal Police and
other key law enforcement and intelligence agencies in order to allow the
timely provision of information held in the AusCheck database to those
agencies.
Recommendation 22
5.138 The committee recommends that current ASIC and
MSIC issuing bodies are replaced by a single, government-run, centralised
issuing body.
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