The guide focuses on homes in cyclone-prone areas. It contains information about tropical cyclones and the damage they can cause. It offers guidance for strengthening the wind resilience of new and ...

Support categories Category C and D activation process The Commonwealth has made some changes to the process for Category C and D support. These will ensure evidence-based funding decisions, better ...

1 in 6 Australians live with a disability. During disasters, people with disability face a higher risk of death, injury and neglect. 1 To address these concerns, we engaged the University of Sydney ...

The Disaster Ready Fund (DRF) is the Australian Government’s flagship initiative for disaster resilience and risk reduction. The Australian Government is providing up to one billion dollars through ...

The National Emergency Management Ministers’ Meeting commissioned the Independent Review of National Natural Disaster Governance Arrangements (also known as the Glasser Review). The review was led by ...

What’s the benefit of the DIEM Toolkit? The Toolkit supports organisations to create safer, more inclusive systems for emergency response, empowering all individuals to have access to the resources ...

Following the 2024-25 Higher Risk Weather Season, government and non-government organisations as well as industry representatives have gathered in Canberra to ‘war game’ what would happen in the most ...

We lead the National Coordination Mechanism (NCM). The NCM is a collaboration tool that brings together the right people from government, industry and non-government organisations across Australia ...

After Action Reviews We produced an After Action Review Report (PDF 939KB) on the Australian Warning System Implementation in QLD. The report: presents insights on weather warnings is based on ...

The Government is helping communities prepare for disasters. It’s funding 158 projects to help Australians cope better with bushfires, floods and cyclones. We are administering these projects. These ...

The National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program (NFMIP) was established under the Emergency Response Fund and will deliver $100 million across 2020-21 and 2021-22 to state and territory ...

Restoring life to the Old Bega Hospital Community Cultural Centre The re-opening of the Old Bega Hospital is one out of the 524 community projects funded under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery ...