Queensland has experienced 80 natural disasters since 2011. IMAGE: Phillip Flores
As Australia and global communities increasingly endure multiple disasters, often simultaneously, disaster management for resilience should be a core concern for leaders, according to experts on a key panel held by Griffith University.
Queensland Reconstruction Authority’s (QRA) Brendan Moon, Australian Red Cross Queensland’s Collin Sivalingum, Suncorp Insurance’s Joshua Cooney, Local Government Association of Queensland’s Mike Lollback and Queensland Inspector-General of Emergency Management Alistair Dawson gathered recently to share insights and expertise in a bid to highlight the importance of disaster resilience.
“For thousands of years in recent history, we’ve dealt with adversity in the form of disasters – in a recent built environment context with buildings being subject to extreme weather events and human beings being exposed to pandemics and other such disasters,” Associate Professor Desha said.