COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry Interim Report and Recommendations

COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry Interim Report and Recommendations

Summary of activity
An interim report identifying issues emerging from the Hotel Quarantine Inquiry prior to the delivery of the final report and makes recommendations for a Quarantine Program in Victoria as the Victorian Government considers re-opening to international arrivals.
Publish year
2020
Organisation
Board of Inquiry into the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Program
Risk topic
Public health emergency
Emergency risks in Victoria

Emergency risks in Victoria

Summary of activity
A report into the results of Victoria’s State-level emergency risk assessment completed in November 2017 with updated information about Victoria’s significant emergency related risks, including a comparison of their severity, and the institutional arrangements in place to manage these risks.
Publish year
2020
Organisation
Victorian Government
Risk topic
All hazards
Inquiry into the Victorian Government's COVID-19 Contact Tracing System and Testing Regime

Inquiry into the Victorian Government's COVID-19 Contact Tracing System and Testing Regime

Summary of activity
A report into to the capacity and fitness for purpose of Victoria's contact tracing system and testing regime, it found that the use of manual data entry processes at the beginning of the pandemic was not fit to deal with any escalation of cases and led to significant error. The report recommended enhancing the public health system towards a more decentralised, community-based approach.
Publish year
2020
Organisation
Parliament of Victoria
Risk topic
Public health emergency
Review of connecting with and preparing communities for major emergencies in Victoria

Review of connecting with and preparing communities for major emergencies in Victoria

Summary of activity
A review of engagement programs of Victoria’s two volunteer based statutory bodies, CFA and VICSES, that take a lead role in preparing communities for bushfires, floods and storms. The report makes three recommendations related to improving sector connections with communities to enhance preparedness and resilience for major emergencies.
Publish year
2017
Organisation
Inspector-General for Emergency Management
Risk topic
All hazards
Flood
2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission final report

2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission final report

Summary of activity
The culmination of the Commission’s work, the final report describes and analyses the bushfires of January–February 2009 and makes 57 recommendations about changes needed to reduce the risk, and the consequences, of similar disasters in the future. It also describes how the Commission went about its task. The final report consists of four volumes, and together with the Commission's interim reports, should be considered one body of work.
Publish year
2010
Organisation
2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission
Risk topic
Bushfire and other fires
Bushfires Royal Commission Implementation Monitor Progress Report - July 2011

Bushfires Royal Commission Implementation Monitor Progress Report - July 2011

Summary of activity
A progress report into the implementation actions as outlined in the State’s Implementation Plan for each of the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission Final Report recommendations, and the effectiveness and efficacy of the methods used to carry out the actions.
Publish year
2011
Organisation
Bushfires Royal Commission Implementation Monitor
Risk topic
Bushfire and other fires
Review of the Tostaree Fire

Review of the Tostaree Fire

Summary of activity
A review of the Tostaree Fire that provided the first chance to measure arrangements put in place through the Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission (VBRC), and since the establishment of the Fire Services Commissioner and the Fire Services Commissioner Act 2010.
Publish year
2011
Organisation
Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner
Risk topic
Bushfire and other fires
Review of Community Bushfire Warnings

Review of Community Bushfire Warnings

Summary of activity
A review of systems and processes for issuing information and warnings following the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission. The findings highlighted that further work was required to address capability, capacity and management of information within Incident Management Teams, systems for disseminating warning, timeliness of warnings and the lack of a framework for evaluating the total warning system.
Publish year
2011
Organisation
Fire Services Commissioner Victoria
Risk topic
Bushfire and other fires
Review of the 2010-2011 Flood Warnings & Response

Review of the 2010-2011 Flood Warnings & Response

Summary of activity
An examination of aspects of flood response and recovery, emergency warnings and evacuations following the 2010-11 floods. The findings of this review helped guide the government’s response and planning to ensure Victoria is better equipped to deal with similarly severe flooding events in the future.
Publish year
2011
Organisation
Independent
Risk topic
Flood
Westmeadows Grassfire Review

Westmeadows Grassfire Review

Summary of activity
A review of a grassfire on the west side of Broadmeadows Valley Park that passed under power transmission lines. The review sought to identify and evaluate compliance with relevant standard and to identify learnings or issues that MFB and support agencies could further explore relating to vegetative fires in urban environments.
Publish year
2012
Organisation
Fire Services Commissioner Victoria
Risk topic
Bushfire and other fires