With today’s announcements that the federal government wants children back in schools, whilst the states continue to keep them home, clearly we are suffering from the problem of “Too Many Chiefs” in this national disaster. Australians deserve a more effective national structure for dealing with national disasters because the resilience strategies (1) of the past […]
S3 Ep4 – Brian Walsh – COVID + Sport = Issues Rich Environment
From a career as a journalist working as a police reporter covering some of the worst crimes in Victoria’s history to the Executive General Manager Corporate Affairs, Government and Communications at the Australian Football League, Brian Walsh has had an amazing career in issues and crisis management. In this interview on Crisis Talks, we talk […]
S3 Ep3 – Managing Risk in the world’s most hostile environment
Charlton Clark embodies the saying, “Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.” Imagine having to plan and prepare for an operation that is 2 years away? How would you select the right people and the equipment needed for the task two years before that task is required and ensure that they are all in position and capable to perform that […]
S3 Ep2 Deepwater Horizon
11 Years on from the Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Crisis, we pick up from the moment the Crisis team observes the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig sinking in the Gulf of Mexico and the subsequent environmental disaster that ensued. In this episode, we talk through the shift in the response objective from People to the […]