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.

A consultation report that tells the story of community service organisations following the Black Summer bushfires, it aims to build the capacity of community service organisations to support their communities’ resilience and recovery, to advocate for the recovery needs of community service organisations and vulnerable people and to contribute to effective current and future emergency and disaster recovery planning.

A report on the implementation of cyber security measures across the Commonwealth government for the period January 2021 to June 2022, its findings indicate that the cyber security posture across the Commonwealth is well-established in some areas but requires improvement in others.

Commonwealth Biosecurity 2030 outlines how the Australian government will progress changes and reforms to ensure a risk-based biosecurity system that effectively, efficiently and sustainably protects Australia’s agriculture, environment and social amenity from current and future threats. This Action Plan 2022 is the first yearly action plan and outlines the priority activities for 2022 and an overview of work undertaken the previous year.

Acknowledging that Australia’s food systems are embedded within an interconnected global system, this report identifies opportunities and R&D priorities based on research into work undertaken to-date internationally and locally, and into the perspectives of the cross-sectoral stakeholders consulted during the project.

An explosion and subsequent fire at Esso's Longford plant left many Victorians without gas for 19 days. The Royal Commission into the incident concluded that employees were not properly trained, and supervisors and higher management did not have the necessary knowledge to deal with the dangers caused by a pump shutdown. It found that the ultimate cause of the accident was a failure to equip employees with appropriate knowledge to deal with the events that occurred.

A report on the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic and lockdowns on the mental health and wellbeing of people aged 75 and over, it recommends vulnerable older Australians should be identified and prioritised in the National Pandemic Response Plan.

The primary focus of this inquiry was the national management of long COVID, with further attention being placed on additional effects of this condition including the economic and mental health impacts, potential treatment and management options, and repeated COVID infections. The report makes 9 recommendations towards better healthcare for all.

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.