Presentation by Samantha Chard at the OECD Workshop on Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters (21 November 2014). Find more information at http://www.oecd.org/governance/risk/workshoponimprovingtheevidencebaseonthecostsofdisasters.htm.

1. Economic Costs of Natural
Disasters in Australia
Samantha Chard
Assistant Secretary
Emergency Management Policy
Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government

3. Federal
State and
Territory
Local
• Safety-net
(operational
coordination
& financial)
• Primary responsibility
• Emergency Services
• Local implementation
• National
Resilience
Policy

4. National Strategy for
Disaster Resilience
• Understanding risks
• Risk Communication to inform
decisions
• Mitigating risks in the built
environment
• Resilience Capabilities

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Second level
Third level
Fourth level

6. Damage and Impact Assessment
Model
• Rapid damage assessment teams – people on the
ground supported by technology (minor moderate
and major)
• Validation – through modelling or review
Challenges:
• Varying levels of national capability
• Assessing business impact

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Second level
Third level
Fourth level
National Impact Assessment Model (NIAM)
Social Environmental Economic Built

8. Reports on economic costs of natural disasters in
Australia
• Bureau of Transport Economics: Economic
costs of natural disasters in Australia.
• John Handmer
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)