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The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission was established by His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia on 23 January 2018.
This statement comments on Australia's climate in 2018.
This report forms part of the output from Project A9 entitled “Cost-Effective Mitigation Strategy Development for Building Related Earthquake Risk” within the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre.
New flood maps for Canberra, Australia provide the most comprehensive flood risk information ever available to the territory. The maps identify which areas are more likely to experience major flooding and provide comprehensive information on the probable depth and relative hazard of the water during a flood, down to the individual block level.
The Australian Liberal and Nationals Government will invest $26 million to boost aerial firefighting capabilities across Australia, support a new national fire rating program and extend funding for a community alert system. Funding will address urgent critical emergency capabilities and community preparedness.
This study estimates the frequency with which earthquake-generated tsunamis of any given “size” occur around Australia’s coastline.
This is a series of educational videos on earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanic eruptions prepared by Geoscience Australia.
This report from the Australia Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade provides an overview of the key ways in which climate change threatens national security.
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.