Round Three of the Disaster Ready Fund (DRF) will deliver about $200 million to 96 successful applicants across the country. As communities face increasing risks from disasters including bushfires, ...
Australia’s national emergency management and risk reduction efforts in 2025 have been robust, coordinated and far-reaching. To highlight the scale and impact of these efforts, let’s explore some of ...
In October, we’re launching a new national emergency warning system, AusAlert. AusAlert will help inform Australians about local and national disasters. It will allow authorities to reach people fast ...
Emergency and disaster personnel in Australia and Canada already share a close relationship. Today, this commitment deepens further with a new partnership between our two countries. The Joint ...
This year, Australia faced some of its toughest disasters. Communities across the country dealt with tropical cyclones, record-breaking rainfall, bushfires, heatwaves and severe storms. These events ...
This year’s NAIDOC Week theme, Fifty Years of Deadly, marks an important milestone. For 50 years, NAIDOC has created space to celebrate the strength, leadership, culture and achievements of Aboriginal ...
Porepunkah Airfield, in Victoria’s Alpine region, now has a helipad funded by the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Program (BSBR) for better preparedness against bushfires and other emergencies. The ...
In late February 2025, a tropical low developed over the Coral Sea off the east coast of Australia. It soon gathered strength to become Tropical Cyclone (TC) Alfred and brought extremely strong winds, ...
As we head into Autumn 2026, the higher risk weather season (HRWS) is still active. The latest Seasonal Bushfire Outlook, released by the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council ...
Earlier this month, NEMA representatives attended the 2026 National Indigenous Disaster Resilience (NIDR) Gathering. The Gathering offered a valuable platform to listen, collaborate, and engage in ...
Later this year, we’re launching a new national emergency warning system, AusAlert. The AusAlert system will help inform Australians about local and national disasters. The system will allow ...
It’s important to be prepared for a crisis and know what to do when one happens. There are roles for everyone to play before, during and after a crisis. Our states and territories are the first ...