http://www.ema.gov.au/ Emergency Management Australia provides information about Australian and regional emergency management, in a national security context, including content on policy formulation, national emergency operations and development of national and international capability.
www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency Department of Human Services responsibilities in Victoria's emergency management arrangements include the following:
- Community support and recovery. The department is the principal agency for State Recovery Coordination.
- Pre-hospital mass casualty management at incident sites by medical and ambulance services including the deployment of hospital teams.
- Hospital emergency response to a surge in demand for services.
- Public health emergency response, including incident control functions for biological and radiological incidents, and food and water contamination.
www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/ Australian National Security provides a single access point for national security information from the Australian Government.
www.aemvf.org.au/ Australian Emergency Management Volunteer Forum provides a national forum representative of the volunteer emergency management sector, to facilitate better communication between the organizations within it, and to provide advocacy for the sector.
www.aemo.com.au/emergency_public/emergency.html Australian Energy Market Operator focuses on the amalgamation of the energy services, AEMO is attuned to the changing needs of our growing population by involving multiple states, jurisdictions and communities and by delivering an array of gas and electricity market, operational and planning functions.
www.oesc.vic.gov.au/emergencymanual The offices of the Emergency Services Commissioner (OESC) provides leadership in emergency management for Victoria, with specific responsibilities for ensuring the delivery of efficient, equitable and integrated fire and emergency services.
www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/emergency The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Biosecurity Group (BSG) leads the Australian Government in minimizing the impact of pests, diseases and contaminants on Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry.
www.innovation.gov.au/Pandemic_Business_Continuity/Business%20Continuity%20Guide%20for%20Australian%20Business/Pages/home.aspx The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research's Business Continuity Guide for Australian Businesses provides a range of tools to assist with Pandemic Planning for their organisation.
http://www.thebci.org.au/ The BCI Australasian Chapter is an approved local Chapter of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).
http://www.thebci.org/ The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) was established in 1994 to enable individual members to obtain guidance and support from fellow business continuity practitioners.
http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/Publications_AustralianEmergencyManualSeries_AustralianEmergencyManualSeries The Australian Emergency Manuals Series (AEMs) has been developed to assist in the management and delivery of support services in a disaster context. The principles, strategies and actions within the AEMs have been compiled by practitioners and managers with extensive service delivery experience in a range of disaster events.
http://www.ema.gov.au/www/emaweb/emaweb.nsf/Page/PublicationsAJEM The Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AJEM) is produced on a quarterly basis and subscriptions are free of charge. Articles for AJEM are encouraged from contributors nationally and internationally and academic articles are peer reviewed.
http://www.anao.gov.au/uploads/documents/Business_Continuity_Management.pdf Australian National Audit Office's "Keeping the Wheels in Motion" guide to Business Continuity Planning