A report into this year’s floods found the existing agency ‘didn’t deliver’ during the disaster
Resilience NSW commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told staff in an email that he was disappointed by the inquiry’s findings.Resilience NSW commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons told staff in an email that he was disappointed by the inquiry’s findings.Last modified on Wed 17 Aug 2022 18.32 BSTin response to the independent flood inquiry’s reportThe two-year-old Resilience NSW will be renamed Recovery NSW and stripped of most of its responsibilities.
It was tasked with overseeing and coordinating all emergency efforts across NSW and faced significant challenges in responding to the floods.The inquiry by former chief scientist Mary O’Kane and former police chief Mick Fuller“There was enormous confusion about what their role was. What we need is a much smaller, robust, flexible recovery unit.”The inquiry found underperformance of the agency was caused in part due to its size and the extent of its remit.
Fuller said the smaller team would take charge of the “all important” initial response – getting people back into their homes or into accommodation in the immediate aftermath.before the end of the year and will model it on Queensland’s Reconstruction Authority, which was created after the 2010-11 floods.Fuller said it would cut through the red tape that hampered recovery.
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