EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA

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• 2008 Safer Communities Awards
  Applications for the 2008 Safer Communities Awards closed on 4 August 2008.
  
  

• Natural Disaster Programs
  The Australian Government’s Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements provide financial support to state and territory governments following natural disasters. Information about the Arrangements is available.

  Applications for the 2008-09 Natural Disaster Mitigation Program funding round close on 29 August 2008. Information about the program, application forms, successful grant recipients, and state and territory contacts is available.

  Applications for the 2008-09 Bushfire Mitigation Program funding round have now closed. It is expected that applications for 2009-10 will be invited in early 2009. Information about the program, successful grant recipients, and state and territory contacts is available.

• National Emergency Volunteer Support Fund - (NEVSF)
  Applications for the 2008-09 round closed on 7 March 2008 and the Attorney-General announced details of successful applicants on 29 July 2008. This page contains details of successful grant recipients. Information on reporting obligations for grant recipients and details of state and territory contacts is also available.

• Guidelines for Emergency Management in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities
  Being one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse countries in the world, Australia is recognising the importance of equal access to services and information for all people, regardless of background.

• Keeping Our Mob Safe: National Emergency Management Strategy for Remote Indigenous Communities is a response to an identified need for a practical approach by government at the local, State/Territory and national levels, and by Indigenous communities to address the community emergency management priorities of remote Indigenous communities.

• Working together to Manage Emergencies (WTTME)
  The Working Together To Manage Emergencies initiative concluded at the end of FY 2007-2008. This page contains information about successful projects over the life of the initiative. One element of the program, the National Emergency Volunteer Support Fund has been continued into FY 2008-2009. 
  Keep watching this site for details of the future emergency management grants programs for 2009-10

• AUSDIN
  The AusDIN portal is a multi-agency initiative to establish a national knowledge and information network of people and systems to serve the emergency management community in the Australian region.

• Publications - Links to EMA publications including
  The Australian Journal of Emergency Management and the Australian Emergency Manuals series

• Employment

• Tenders

National leadership in the development of measures to reduce risk to communities and manage the consequences of disasters

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