Natural Disasters Organisation
NDO
1974 – January 1993
Renamed Emergency Management Australia in 1993.
Commonwealth organisation within the Department of Defence that coordinated Commonwealth physical assistance to the states and territories in natural disasters and promoted disaster planning and training. Under its Director-General, Major General Alan Stretton, it coordinated the Commonwealth response to Cyclone Tracy in Darwin in December 1974.
Names over time
- Natural Disasters Organisation1974–1993
- Emergency Management Australia1993–2022
How it came into existence
Established in the Department of Defence in 1974 by executive decision, replacing the Directorate of Civil Defence and taking over its training school at Mount Macedon.
- Civil defence planning
- Liaison with state emergency services
- Civil defence training
How it ended
Renamed Emergency Management Australia in January 1993.
- Coordination of Commonwealth disaster assistance
- Disaster planning
- Counter-disaster training
Main functions
- Coordination of Commonwealth assistance in natural disasters
- Disaster planning with the states and territories
- Counter-disaster training (Mount Macedon)
- Civil defence planning
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Defence.
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Sources
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