The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC has made a submission to the Productivity Commission's Inquiry into Natural Disaster Funding Arrangements.
The submission has outlined the work program of the CRC and has made observations and recommendations on topics that we believe should be considered by the Commission.
The main recommendations are:
that a national data management infrastructure be established, to enable access to consistently interpreted, long-term data that will support research, policy and analysis
that the emergency management system be viewed as a complete interconnected system and that the Commission does not neglect the role that response can play in mitigating future events
that, consistent with the call by AFAC, the use of the term ‘risk reduction’ rather than ‘prevention’ be adopted
that detailed consideration be given to a more focused research effort in the area of relative costs and benefits of mitigation versus recovery, over and above the vital research work already under way
that a national strategy be developed for research investment in the natural hazards space, covering the various requirements of the different levels of government, the non-government organisations and the private sector.
The submission can be found here. Other submissions can be found on the Productivity Commission's website here