Council scrambling for $700k after ESL subsidy ditched

Councils are furious over the NSW government’s decision to stop subsidising increases to the Emergency Service Levy.

5 May, 2023

Standards Aus, OBC design fire safety training module

Standards Australia and the NSW Building Commissioner have jointly developed an online fire door safety training course.

24 April, 2023

Council partners with jail to produce sandbags for flood prone areas

Jail Inmates will help produce sandbags in a partnership between a NSW council and a local prison.

18 April, 2023

New head for Queensland disaster agency

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

6 March, 2023

Audit finds major holes in fleet arrangements between councils, RFS

Local councils have a responsibility to maintain and managee RFS fleets, but are battling inadequate record keeping, poor communication and under-resourcing.

27 February, 2023

Queensland names new Disaster Co-ordinator

Appointments, departures and movement in and around government.

4 January, 2023

Queensland cop cars to go fully hybrid

Queensland’s police service aims to have a fully hybrid operational fleet within two years and has started testing a range of EVs.

10 November, 2022

NSW models disaster authority on Queensland counterpart

Legislation has been introduced for a a new NSW authority dedicated to disaster preparedness, recovery and reconstruction from natural disasters.

10 November, 2022

Flood recovery coordinators appointed across NSW

Three recovery coordinators will oversee clean up and repair efforts following significant flooding across NSW.

31 October, 2022

Council rolls out defibrillators across public places

A Sydney council has rolled out defibrillators as part of its public facilities risk management strategy.

8 September, 2022

New watchdog for Queensland detention centres

Queensland will establish a new independent watchdog to provide greater oversight of the state’s detention facilities.

30 August, 2022

Firefighting drones rolled out across regional NSW

Drones are being rolled out to help FRNSW assess bushfire risks, do hazard reduction and find people missing in bushland.

23 August, 2022

NSW floods report calls for new statewide agency

The Independent NSW Flood Inquiry has released a raft of recommendations including the creation of a new statewide reconstruction body to work with councils and state government agencies.

19 August, 2022

Qld flood response to come under scrutiny

The actions of local government will be included in a review of Queensland’s flood response.

17 March, 2022