Exploring Japan’s disaster parks

Japan’s “disaster prevention parks” preserve and pass on memories of earthquakes and other disasters to future generations.

Work places can help when disaster strikes

From fires, floods and financial ruin, disaster can strike individuals anytime. But how should their workplace respond when it does?

Disaster resilience should be an election issue

After three years of fires and floods, the federal election should have offered an opportunity to promote plans for improving national disaster governance and resilience.

Defence needs to rethink its disaster-relief strategy

If the 2019–20 bushfire and cyclone seasons and Covid-19 are anything to go by, the Australian Defence Force is going to be central to many, if not all, of the government’s national disaster response and resilience policies.