A hazard is a source of potential harm. A hazard event is another term for emergency.
Some assurance activities examine system-wide risks that span across multiple hazard types, including reviews into the emergency management functions of sector organisations.
Examples of such assurance activities include the Review of 10 years of reform in Victoria’s emergency management sector and the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.
| Publish year | Assurance activity | Summary | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Defence Assistance to the Civil Community (External link) | An audit that provides independent assurance to the Parliament of Australia on the effectiveness of the Department of Defence’s administrative arrangements to support the provision of emergency assistance to the civil community. | Australian National Audit Office |
| 2023 | Care through Disaster 2.0 (External link) | A values-based report acknowledging that disaster recovery requires strong communities that are properly supported on a much longer timescale. The report's findings and better practices recognise the need for people to be Seen, Safe and Supported during and after a crisis, and that communities need to be strong and connected before disaster strikes for this to occur. | Independent |
| 2023 | Emergency Management Operational Review 2017-18 (External link) | An overview of the major operational events and activities, it includes narrative, insights and lessons, and case studies highlighting the broad range of emergency management operational activity that occurred during the 2017-18 financial year. | Emergency Management Victoria |
| 2023 | Report on Government Services 2023 (D: Emergency Management) (External link) | A report that includes detailed information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of service provision and the achievement of outcomes for fire services, state and territory emergency, ambulance and police services. | Australian Government |
| 2023 | Emergency Management Operational Summary 2020-21 (External link) | An overview of the major operational events and activities that occurred over the 2020-21 financial year, as well as a range of case studies that focus on operational incidents highlighting both good practice and areas for improvement. | Emergency Management Victoria |
| 2023 | Disaster recovery in Australia: A legal and policy survey (External link) | An examination of the legal and policy framework for recovery at both federal and state levels, with Victoria and NSW being selected for analysis. Under Australia’s federal system, state and territory governments have primary responsibility for emergency management, including recovery, with the Federal Government playing a supporting role. | Independent |
| 2023 | Insurance Catastrophe Resilience Report 2021–22 (External link) | A report that examines insurer data and insights for the previous 12 months of extreme weather events and advocates for changes to lessen the impact of future events. Events examined include the Mansfield earthquake and Victoria's extreme weather and flooding. | Independent |
| 2023 | Improving crisis communications to culturally and linguistically diverse communities (External link) | A NSW inquiry report that looks at improving crisis communications to CALD communities, it examines ways to improve channels of communications, and the use of multicultural and CALD community groups and networks to distribute in-language information. The report makes reference to actions taken by the Victorian Government during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Independent |
| 2023 | Victorian Emergency Management Strategic Action Plan Update #4 2019–22 - Progress Update 2021 (External link) | The SAP is a rolling plan that outlines statewide strategic priorities, with corresponding actions, to support Victoria in achieving its vision of safer and more resilient communities. In its sixth report, IGEM summarises key activities and provides an assessment of implementation progress of nine of the eleven SAP Update #4 actions between 1 January to 31 December 2021, and key developments in early 2022. | Inspector-General for Emergency Management |
| 2023 | National Defence: Defence Strategic Review (External link) | A strategic review that makes observations and recommendations regarding climate change and the sustainability of supporting domestic disaster relief. In response, the Australian Government will work in partnership with states and territories to further develop national resilience response mechanisms. | Independent |