The cost of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unknown. Lives directly lost to the disease continue to mount, while related health, livelihood and wellbeing impacts are still being felt. This report presents a framework for a vision of pandemic preparedness for the real world – one that accepts that context is paramount, embraces inclusivity and justice...

After years of floods and heavy rains, Australian authorities should prepare for widespread grass fires on a scale never-before experienced, the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action warn in this report.

This inquiry report looks at improving crisis communications to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. It examines ways to improve channels of communication with CALD communities, and the use of multicultural and CALD community groups and networks to distribute in-language information.

This report assesses the capacity-building assistance provided by Australian partners in disaster preparedness, response and recovery to other governments in the Indo-Pacific region. The evaluation found partners had established a sound foundation for emergency response capacity strengthening programs, which could continue to develop in a new phase.

2022 will be remembered as the year of the 'great deluge' - when record-breaking rain and floods lashed large parts of Eastern Australia, causing untold devastation for Australians and the national economy. The authors of this report call for all levels of government to speed up their emission reductions and disaster preparation efforts.