A new federal agency would lead a national response to emergencies such as bushfires, pandemics and large-scale cyber attacks under a proposal being drawn up by the federal government | Gallo_Ways
The new agency is yet to be formally considered by the Morrison government, but senior government sources confirmed it was something they were working on and there will be a submission put to cabinet.the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster ArrangementsThe body will bring together the emergency functions which were quickly put into place during the coronavirus crisis with Emergency Management Australia – the national body in charge of providing support for state emergency agencies.
While the Home Affairs model has been credited internally for its response to COVID-19, the government wants the new body to have a bigger role in co-ordinating responses to national emergencies. This would include dealing with emergencies outside natural disasters such as the repercussions of major cyber attacks.
"It can't just be a federal body – it needs to be linked in very tightly with all the emergency mechanisms of the states," Professor Blaxland said. "It would need to be given the agency and centrality to co-ordinate functions properly in a way which was sufficiently high profile for everyone to look towards.
Appearing before the bushfire royal commission last month, Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo suggested that work was being done to combine the mechanism with EMA."Often they are the same issues. Telecommunications are down. Food supplies have been impaired. People can't get access to medicine. The power is out," he said.
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