Conferences
Crime against business
Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne
18-19 June 1998
Contents
Introduction
Significant numbers of businesses report that they are victims of crime. Many do not report crimes against them. As business creates Australia's wealth and employment opportunities, crime prevention is of great importance for this sector of the community.
Crimes against business cost billions of dollars per annum. The nature of crimes against business is changing rapidly. This conference examines patterns of crime in key business sectors (retail, finance, manufacturing, construction, transport and hospitality) and examines processes, partnerships and solutions to limit and control crime against business.
Conference papers
- Keynote address : The challenge of crime against business
Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Justice - The realities of crime against business
Dennis Challinger, Coles Myer Ltd, Victoria - Small business perspective
Scott Hannan, Hannan Partners Pty Ltd, Australian Capital Territory
Retail sector
- Vulnerable retail outlets - experiences of service stations
Kevin Barron, Barron Consulting, Victoria - Plastic card fraud
Russell Smith and Peter Grabosky, Australian Institute of Criminology
Financial sector
- Fraud and the Australian banking industry
Ian Woods, Australian Bankers Association - Computer crime in the Australian financial sector
Glenn Wahlert, Australian Federal Police
Panel discussion
- A report on the ACM survey into the cost of crime in Australian industry
Donald Alexander, Australian Chamber of Manufacturers - Crime and the construction sector
John Murray and Guy Solling, Master Builders Association - Crime against business - the gaming industry
Bill Lahey, Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority, Victoria - Extortion attempt : Qantas Airways
Jennifer Muldoon and Melissa Jones, Qantas Airways Limited
Facts and figures
- Crime against business : what do we know and how can we find out what we need to know?
Stuart Ross, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Solutions
- Ethics and control of crime against business
Simon Longstaff, St James Ethics Centre, New South Wales - Getting employees on-side in the fight against crime
Bill Mansfield, ACTU, Victoria - The ICA fraud report
Mark Sheehan, Insurance Council of Australia - Violence in the workplace
Vaughan Bowie, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales
Law enforcement : protecting business
- Crime in the information age : prevention and investigation
Andrew Rees, National Police Research Unit, South Australia - Private sector fraud control services
Dean Newlan, KPMG, Victoria