Economic Costs of Natural

Disasters in Australia

Samantha Chard

Assistant Secretary

Emergency Management Policy

Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government

Federal

State and

Territory

Local

• Safety-net

(operational

coordination

& financial)

• Primary responsibility

• Emergency Services

• Local implementation

• National

Resilience

Policy

National Strategy for

Disaster Resilience

• Understanding risks

• Risk Communication to inform

decisions

• Mitigating risks in the built

environment

• Resilience Capabilities

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Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Damage and Impact Assessment

Model

• Rapid damage assessment teams – people on the

ground supported by technology (minor moderate

and major)

• Validation – through modelling or review

Challenges:

• Varying levels of national capability

• Assessing business impact

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Second level

Third level

Fourth level

National Impact Assessment Model (NIAM) Social Environmental Economic Built

Reports on economic costs of natural disasters in

Australia

• Bureau of Transport Economics: Economic

costs of natural disasters in Australia.

• John Handmer

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)