<p>Security has been stepped up at parliaments and Canadian diplomatic missions around Australia, a day after a gunman opened fire at parliament in that country killing one soldier, according to a media report.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, however assured that the nation's politicians were safe in the Parliament house and they won't need to barricade their doors as their counterparts in Ottawa did.<br /><br />"Our parliament and its perimeter are very different to the design of the Canadian parliament and we have appropriate measures to prevent such an attack from succeeding here. We have a number of layers of security measures designed to protect building occupants," the Australian quoted Bishop as saying.<br /><br />The images of members barricading themselves in the chamber in Canadian parliament were concerning, but could not be replicated here, she said.<br /><br />Earlier, Bishop said the 25-year-old Parliament House was designed "very different" to the older Canadian legislative precinct.<br /><br />"As a result of the enhanced security arrangements we have already put in place, the president (of the Senate) and I are confident based on security agency advice that the parliament is a safe environment," Bishop said.<br /><br />She said the security was enhanced in September including introduction of long-armed weapons "to protect us against threats of this very nature."<br /><br />"The range of armed response, security and lockdown arrangements that we have in place means this type of action will not be necessary here," she said.<br /><br />Bishop, however, asked staff to be vigilant and to report any suspicious behaviour.<br /><br />In yesterday's attack in Ottawa, the assailant, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a 32-year-old deemed a "high-risk traveller" by intelligence services, shot and killed a Canadian soldier who was mounting a ceremonial guard at a war memorial and stormed the parliament building nearby, before being shot dead in turn by the assembly's sergeant-at-arms.</p>
<p>Security has been stepped up at parliaments and Canadian diplomatic missions around Australia, a day after a gunman opened fire at parliament in that country killing one soldier, according to a media report.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaker Bronwyn Bishop, however assured that the nation's politicians were safe in the Parliament house and they won't need to barricade their doors as their counterparts in Ottawa did.<br /><br />"Our parliament and its perimeter are very different to the design of the Canadian parliament and we have appropriate measures to prevent such an attack from succeeding here. We have a number of layers of security measures designed to protect building occupants," the Australian quoted Bishop as saying.<br /><br />The images of members barricading themselves in the chamber in Canadian parliament were concerning, but could not be replicated here, she said.<br /><br />Earlier, Bishop said the 25-year-old Parliament House was designed "very different" to the older Canadian legislative precinct.<br /><br />"As a result of the enhanced security arrangements we have already put in place, the president (of the Senate) and I are confident based on security agency advice that the parliament is a safe environment," Bishop said.<br /><br />She said the security was enhanced in September including introduction of long-armed weapons "to protect us against threats of this very nature."<br /><br />"The range of armed response, security and lockdown arrangements that we have in place means this type of action will not be necessary here," she said.<br /><br />Bishop, however, asked staff to be vigilant and to report any suspicious behaviour.<br /><br />In yesterday's attack in Ottawa, the assailant, identified as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a 32-year-old deemed a "high-risk traveller" by intelligence services, shot and killed a Canadian soldier who was mounting a ceremonial guard at a war memorial and stormed the parliament building nearby, before being shot dead in turn by the assembly's sergeant-at-arms.</p>