Abstract
This chapter focuses on the formation of new security configurations involved in mega-event security. These include the creation of new agencies themselves, specialised units within agencies and dedicated network structures developed by security actors intended to coordinate the security operation across organisational boundaries. First, we address the specialised units of the G20 Taskforce and the G20 Group, including how these actors or nodes were formed and various tensions concerning their design. Second, we turn to three key networks established by the G20 Taskforce and G20 Group and also examine the design and composition of such networks. The chapter concludes by looking at the internal tensions within security nodes and networks and some of the many variables that accentuate or alleviate these tensions.
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The three-tier security model is addressed in Chapter 5.
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The ACIC was established on 1 July 2016. It was previously known as the Australian Crime Commission.
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Whelan, C., Molnar, A. (2018). Organising Security Actors: Designing New Nodes and Networks. In: Securing Mega-Events. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59668-0_3
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