​Local Government and communities are increasingly being impacted by unprecedented natural hazard events that quickly escalate to disaster status.  This, layered with multiple local government areas and communities having little to no time to recover in advance of the next event, has brought to the forefront the potential domino effect of risks.

The increase in cyber-attacks across 2022 has brought to the forefront that maturing strategic risk reduction frameworks need to align with strategic plans in conjunction with informed budgets to have successful ongoing business.

The 2022 Risk Report highlights these issues and provides a measure for the maturity of local government's strategic risk profile.  Further, the report highlights the need to understand what makes a council vulnerable and how investment in mitigating the impacts of hazard events will support vulnerable communities.

To read the full report, please click here.