Australian terror threat: National strategy to protect crowds unveiled

By David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Updated August 21 2017 - 3:33pm, first published 3:27pm
An AFP officer armed with an SR-16 stands guard to the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares
An AFP officer armed with an SR-16 stands guard to the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares
An AFP officer armed with an SR-16 stands guard to the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares
An AFP officer armed with an SR-16 stands guard to the front of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 23 October 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares

From architects to bar staff, Australians involved in managing crowds will be urged to plug security into their everyday thinking to prevent terror attacks under a national strategy that will embed long-term changes into the country's public spaces.