National Resilience

GAP Summit National Resilience Report
Devastating fires and the COVID pandemic highlighted the need for Australia to become more resilient in the face of growing economic, political and environmental threats. GAP’s Annual Economic Summit in November 2020 discussed ways to improve national resilience in a unique online event.
A range of articles on Open Forum have also discussed a number of resilience related topics in recent months.
Environment
Save the world to save ourselves
Is COVID-19 the dress rehearsal for climate change?
Health
Reconstructing pharmaceutical chains after COVID-19
Resilient supply chains can inoculate against vaccine nationalism
Australia’s drug dependence: A multi-level response to supply-chain insecurity
Manufacturing and Infrastructure
Manufacturing an opportunity from COVID-19
Increasing the resilience of outer urban areas
Government funding won’t stop manufacturing’s decline
Supply Chains
A new agenda for more resilient supply chains
Securing supply chains after COVID-19
COVID-19 makes waves for international shipping
“Economic distancing” would repeat historic errors
Democracies need alliances to secure vital supply chains
Making supply chains great again
Supply chain cooperation comes to the fore
How to reduce offshore supply chain risks and create onshore manufacturing opportunities
Global value chains in the post-COVID economy
Food
Protected cropping and resilience of the food supply chain
The growing global food crisis
Our food system needs an overhaul
Energy
Fuel security shouldn’t save the fossil fuel industry
Improving Australia’s fuel security
Security
Turning crisis into opportunity
The army must be ready to fight more than fires
Covid-19 shows Australia needs a national sovereignty strategy
Preparing for the next computer virus
Learning the lessons for a post-COVID-19 world
Education and Research
Building research capacity for a disaster-resilient Australia
Business
Embracing business vulnerabilities
Disaster Preparedness
Mobilising Victoria’s emergency workforce
Covid-19 shows the need to accelerate national policymaking
Personal resilience
Tough times teach us about resilience
Building psychological resilience during times of stress
Post-COVID Australia
Rebuilding Australia after COVID-19
Imagining a more sustainable Australia
Welcome to post-pandemic Australia

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