The Disaster Recovery Allowance (DRA), is a short-term income support payment to assist eligible individuals who can show their income has been affected as a direct result of a disaster. It’s payable ...

A week before Christmas in 2024, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila. Less than 24 hours later, a second 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit. The earthquakes triggered ...

Brendan Moon: Having just returned from North Queensland, it is clear communities are hurting in northern Australia from areas from Cairns all the way through to Mackay and out to Etheridge, they have ...

In 2019 a section of the old Onkaparinga Woollen Mill was reopened as Fabrik. Fabrik was operating for just 11 months before the Cudlee Creek fires surrounded the town of Lobethal. Located in the ...

In 2019 a section of the old Onkaparinga Woollen Mill was reopened as Fabrik. Fabrik was operating for just 11 months before the Cudlee Creek fires surrounded the town of Lobethal. Transcript: ...

What is the National Messaging System (NMS)? The National Messaging System (NMS) is a new form of message alert system. It brings the advantages of cell-broadcast technology to Australian emergency ...

The National Emergency Management Agency acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and acknowledge their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, ...

Our programs support emergency management and risk reduction. Find out more about these response, relief, recovery, and resilience programs. We recognise that communities are often much better ...

We lead the National Coordination Mechanism. It unites all levels of Australian government, industry and non-government organisations for crisis management. What is the Crisis Appreciation and ...

We work with partners, like the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) around the world and report on Australia's progress against the Sendai Framework. Key partners We work with ...

The project was a desktop review of existing studies and data. This was undertaken to produce a report detailing levee information. The SES requested the project for significant urban levees in NSW.