TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing 'civil contingencies' in Australia
AU - Eburn, Michael
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - This paper identifies how 'civil contingencies' are addressed in Australia. It describes how responsibilities for emergency management are allocated across Australia's federated system of government and provides a critical review of the institutional and structural arrangements. It is argued that, even though Australia's emergency management arrangements have generally served the community well, there are undoubted limitations. One limitation is the lack of established Commonwealth response powers and weak arrangements to coordinate the Commonwealth response to emergency. It is further argued that Australia's arrangements focus on governments and their response to emergencies. They have, to date, largely omitted other players, in particular non-government actors, whether that is private industry, communities or individuals. There is evidence that this is changing with the recent overarching policy statement - the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience.
AB - This paper identifies how 'civil contingencies' are addressed in Australia. It describes how responsibilities for emergency management are allocated across Australia's federated system of government and provides a critical review of the institutional and structural arrangements. It is argued that, even though Australia's emergency management arrangements have generally served the community well, there are undoubted limitations. One limitation is the lack of established Commonwealth response powers and weak arrangements to coordinate the Commonwealth response to emergency. It is further argued that Australia's arrangements focus on governments and their response to emergencies. They have, to date, largely omitted other players, in particular non-government actors, whether that is private industry, communities or individuals. There is evidence that this is changing with the recent overarching policy statement - the National Strategy for Disaster Resilience.
KW - Australia
KW - emergency management
KW - governance
KW - prerogative
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897827013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13642987.2014.889391
DO - 10.1080/13642987.2014.889391
M3 - Article
SN - 1364-2987
VL - 18
SP - 143
EP - 158
JO - International Journal of Human Rights
JF - International Journal of Human Rights
IS - 2
ER -