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Australia
Experts plead for standards and accountability in managing disaster risk
23 May 2013, UN-DPI
Auditing and regulatory experts today said that accountability is paramount for all actors in disaster risk reduction, from victims and taxpayers to national Governments, international organizations and civil society. The experts were discussing disaster risk management standards and accountability for business and citizens as part of the Global Platform on Disaster Reduction...
National Platform
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) - Website:http://www.dfat.gov.au/
- Contact:Director of Environment & Climate Change
- Phone:+61 262613516
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Australia: National progress report on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (2011-2013) - interim2012, Attorney General’s Dept, Australia - gov
- Prospering in a changing climate : a climate change adaptation framework for South Australia2012, DEWNR, Australia - gov
- Australia: Disaster management act 2003 - Queensland2003, Queensland Gov, Australia - gov
- Queensland coastal plan2011, Queensland Gov, Australia - gov
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1992 | 7,000,000 |  |
| Extreme temp. | 1993 | 3,000,500 | |
| Storm | 1994 | 2,500,104 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1994 | 1,000,034 | |
| Extreme temp. | 1995 | 500,100 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- 2013 Climate adaptation conference25-27 Jun 2013, Australia (Sydney)
- People and the planet 2013: Transforming the future02-04 Jul 2013, Australia (Melbourne)
- 9th annual international conference of the international institute for infrastructure renewal and reconstruction07-10 Jul 2013, Australia (Brisbane)
- Advanced Diploma in Public Safety (Emergency Management)AEMI, Australia - gov, Australia (Victoria)
- Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management (Emergency Health)Monash University, Australia (Frankston (off campus).)
Relationships matter: the application of social capital to disaster resilience2013, Australian Red Cross
Disaster response and climate change in the Pacific2013, NCCARF; UTS
- Australia: To see with both eyes2013, Monash University
- BBC interviews Margareta Wahlström on disaster reduction2011, BBC
- e-lecture on 'Disaster risk reduction and the structural engineer'2010, Monash University
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