This guide discusses improving the wind resilience of Queensland homes. The guide focuses on homes in cyclone-prone areas. It contains information about tropical cyclones and the damage they can cause ...

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 ...

In July 2021, the Australian Government announced the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery (BSBR) Grants Program. The program was part of the $2.2 billion National Bushfire Recovery Fund. Grants were ...

The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) is a way through which the Australian Government provides funding to states and territories to share the financial burden of responding to a disaster.

The Australian Disaster Resilience Index (ADRI), a groundbreaking tool developed in partnership between Natural Hazards Research Australia, the University of New England and the National Emergency ...

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 ...

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 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. Climate ...

From Tasmania to Mackay, Australians were recently surprised by a colourful light show across the night sky. This dazzling display is the result of a solar flare and coronal mass ejection. One with ...

Read the reporting and publications relating to the current and historical operations of our agency. Find out more about our policy framework and the foundational work required to address existing ...

In partnership the Community Outcomes and Recovery Sub-committee, Queensland Reconstruction Authority and the National Emergency Management Agency developed the National Disaster Recovery Needs ...

A National Boeing 737 Large Air Tanker (LAT) now forms part of Australia’s permanent aerial firefighting fleet, leaving us equipped with the largest fleet of water-bombing aircraft in Australia to ...