Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Seminar - Samantha Chard, Attorney General's Department
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Transcript of Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Seminar - Samantha Chard, Attorney General's Department
Samantha ChardAssistant SecretaryEmergency Management Policy BranchAttorney-General’s Department
Disaster Resilience in Australia
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Source: News Limited ‐ Brian Cassey
Source: City of Newcastle
Source: Getty Images ‐Mechielsen Lyndon
Source: The Australian ‐ Jeremy Piper
The typical Australian tropical cyclone season averages around 11 tropical cyclones; with four crossing the coast, though coastal impacts can be felt when tropical cyclones remain well offshore.
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Marcus AreliusRoman Emperor and renowned Stoic
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• Publication of state‐widerisk assessments
• National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines
• Fire Danger Rating System
• National Flood Risk Information Portal
• National Impact Assessment Model
• Roadmap for Land Use Planning and the Built Environment
• National Warnings Framework
• Next GenerationTriple Zero
• Volunteer Action Plan
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“Building a culture of prevention is not easy. While the costs of prevention have to be paid in the present, its benefits lie in a distant future. Moreover, the benefits are
not tangible; they are the disasters that did not happen.”
Kofi Annanformer UN Secretary General