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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Victoria's Critical Infrastructure All Sectors Resilience Report 2020 (External link) | An overview of the eight Victorian critical infrastructure sectors, including the key emergency risks, dependencies, and completed and proposed resilience improvement initiatives for each. The report also includes 5 case studies covering impacts to critical infrastructure and essential services from key emergency events in 2019-20 (bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic). | Emergency Management Victoria |
| 2021 | Councils and emergencies phase three regional consultation report (External link) | A summary of the feedback received from councils and the wider emergency management sector in Phase Three of the Councils and Emergencies Project, it provides a clear understanding of the issues councils face in undertaking their emergency management responsibilities, and produced a set of proposed actions to address those issues. | Local Government Victoria |
| 2021 | Victorian Emergency Management Strategic Action Plan Update #4 2019–22 - Progress Update 2020 (External link) | An assessment of the state's implementation of progress of the SAP update #4 2019-2022. 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 this report, IGEM’s observations address topics of consultation, continuous improvement, governance and resourcing, and the consistency and integration of reform outputs. |
Inspector-General for Emergency Management |
| 2021 | Victoria’s infrastructure strategy 2021-2051 (External link) | A strategy that builds on the work of the first cross-sectoral infrastructure strategy delivered in 2016, it identifies the top infrastructure priorities for Victoria’s nine regions to reduce disadvantage, build on economic strengths and address environmental risks. | Infrastructure Victoria |
| 2021 | Community organisation involvement in disaster management (External link) | Research focusing specifically on the role and involvement of community organisations in disaster management. The research includes results from stakeholders interviews and an online survey targeting not-for-profits and community service organisations, and provides key findings and recommendations for emergency management organisations, government funding bodies and community organisation peak bodies to improve the utilisation of capabilities offered by community organisations in disaster management. | Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre |
| 2021 | A Pathway to Infrastructure Resilience: Advisory Paper 1: Opportunities for systemic change (External link) | A research paper that recommends a whole-of-system, all-hazards approach to resilience planning that focuses on strengthening an infrastructure asset, network and sector, as well as the place, precinct, city, and region that the infrastructure operates within. | Infrastructure Australia |
| 2020 | Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements: interim observations (External link) | An outline of interim observations from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements relating to the responsibilities of, and coordination between all levels of government, Australia's arrangements for adapting to climate change, actions to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and the involvement of Commonwealth in responding to national emergencies. This report covered some of the more pressing issues that were addressed in the the final report. No draft recommendations were made. | Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements |
| 2020 | Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements: final report (External link) | An examination of coordination, preparedness for, response to and recovery from disasters as well as improving resilience and adapting to changing climatic conditions and mitigating the impact of natural disasters. The inquiry also considered the legal framework for Commonwealth involvement in responding to national emergencies. The Commission made recommendations directly targeted to the Australian Government; specific to States and Territories; and others shared between the Commonwealth and States and Territories. | Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements |
| 2020 | Emergency risks in Victoria (External link) | 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. | Victorian Government |
| 2020 | Review of 10 years of reform in Victoria’s emergency management sector (External link) | A review of emergency management reforms and their effectiveness in supporting safer and more resilient Victorians. The report made recommendations relating to the critical areas of risk management, community information, recovery, outcomes frameworks, and capability and capacity. | Inspector-General for Emergency Management |