Emergency

Australia encompasses over 7.5 million square kilometres and boasts diverse biomes and terrains. Because of its vastness, providing reliable digital communications across Australia is challenging, especially due to the concentration of residents in major coastal cities. While mobile phone networks cover 99% of the population, over two-thirds of the landmass lacks cellular coverage, resulting in massive communication blackspots in regions inhabited by a quarter-million people that also host important infrastructure and vulnerable bushland. The unreliability of digital communications across these areas poses a significant challenge during emergencies. While two-way radio has historically served as a reliable communication tool, recent experiences […]

Public submissions to the government’s Crisis Response Discussion Paper show Australia needs to plan ahead for inevitable future disasters.

Report on Government Services data shows housing needs for nearly 35% of Aussies looking for accommodation help are unmet.

Nothing. The leader’s job should be complete before the emergency arises. Prescience, foresight, risk management. It is preparedness for you and your team.  I learned the lesson when deployed with Australians on a peacekeeping mission – Australian soldiers in the most mined county in the world with French aviators, German medical staff, and three hours away from the nearest hospital in Thailand.  What could possibly go wrong? Our first casualty was a soldier hit by a motor vehicle. The hardest thing I had to do was sit on my hands and not get involved. It was traumatic, for me as […]

Australia has given another $8 million to Vanuatu to help the Pacific Islands neighbour respond to two devastating tropical cyclones.

Australia’s chief medical officer has cautioned the Australian public the next wave of COVID-19, called variant XBB, appears to be coming.

Various federal agencies are assisting with flood recovery in NSW, as the state is dealing with its fourth flooding event in 18 months.

More help will arrive in NSW at the weekend to assist communities in Ballina, Lismore and the Richmond Valley with their flood recovery.

In 2022-23, the government will invest $15.2 million over seven years to establish APS Hubs in regional Australia.

‘Wherever you live in this great nation, we are all Australians. Australians help Australians. Mates help mates. And that is exactly what we are doing,’ McGowan said. 

People aged 6-11 years will be eligible for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, known as SPIKEVAX, following provisional approval by the TGA.

NSW’s new Telecommunications Operations Centre will receive real-time information about critical infrastructure during big emergencies.

Once the system opened up to younger people in the state, the online booking portal was inundated with 50,000 hits per minute.

Scenes of peaceful protest turned deadly in Afghanistan on Thursday, from the streets of Kabul and eastern cities of Jalalabad and Asadabad.