Australian Disaster Resilience Conference | Sydney, New South Wales

2024 Proceedings

Name: Australian Disaster Resilience Conference 2024 | Proceedings
Start: 0001-01-01
End: 0001-01-01
Location: National

Keynote speakers

Dr Lori Moore-Merrell

Douglas D'Antoine

Dr Catriona Wallace

Brendan Moon AM

Supporting, partnering and empowering

Recipe for resilience
Vanessa Inkster, Miranda Hampton, Pia Charlton and Sophie Millsteed, Adelaide Hills Council

Presentation slides: Recipe for resilience (PDF 2.8MB)

Empowering youth in rural Victoria for disaster resilience: initial findings from future proof: young people, disaster recovery and (re)building communities
Carla Hall, Youth Affairs Council Victoria and Fiona MacDonald Victoria University

Presentation slides: Empowering youth in rural Victoria for disaster resilience: initial findings from future proof: young people, disaster recovery and (re)building communities (PDF 3MB)

Tackling Australia’s silent killer: from hot policy to cool hubs
Beck Dawson, Resilient Sydney and Jon Swain, City of Sydney

Presentation slides: Tackling Australia’s silent killer: from hot policy to cool hubs (PDF 4.7MB)

Infants and children

Partnerships and practice guidance - supporting the workforce to respond to the unique needs of infants and children in disasters
Ruby Awram and Ben Rogers Emerging Minds National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health

Presentation slides: Partnerships and practice guidance - supporting the workforce to respond to the unique needs of infants and children in disasters PDF (2.9MB)

Bushfire babies: the Australian Breastfeeding Association's bushfire project, building disaster resilience in Eurobodalla Shire and beyond
Dr Michelle Hamrosi and Kate Turtiainen (Australian Breastfeeding Association)

Presentation slides: Bushfire babies: the Australian Breastfeeding Association's bushfire project, building disaster resilience in Eurobodalla Shire and beyond (PDF 4.2MB)

Community-led and place-based

Community-led recovery: what do we agree on, disagree on and how can we make it easier?
Dr Kate Brady (University of New South Wales/Australian Red Cross/University of Melbourne) and Dr Colin Gallagher (University of Melbourne)

Presentation slides: Community-led recovery: what do we agree on, disagree on and how can we make it easier? (PDF 1.8MB)

Tomorrow Ready Project: a place-based, grass-roots initiative building resilience for spontaneous volunteers and disaster recovery
Jenni Beetson-Mortimer and Fiona Batterham (Northern Rivers Community Gateway)

Presentation slides: Tomorrow Ready Project: a place-based, grass-roots initiative building resilience for spontaneous volunteers and disaster recovery (PDF 4.7MB)

Place-based recovery for real – lessons from the Resilient Towns Initiative
David Sanderson (University of New South Wales), Andrew Rae (NSW Reconstruction Authority) and Joanne Murrell (Anglicare NSW South NSW West and ACT)