❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on state government funding for disaster mitigation and preparedness from 2009-2020, and future funding plans considering climate change. The answer provides expenditure data from 2016-2017 onwards and explains funding arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 2613Legislative Council
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I refer to the Safe and Healthy Communities section of the Climate Change In Western Australia Issues Paper, specifically the discussion of disaster mitigation and preparedness, and I ask: (a) what is the annual funding that the State Government allocated for disaster mitigation and preparedness per financial year from 2009-2010 to 2019-2020; (b) given the frequency and ferocity of natural disasters will increase due to climate change, will the State Government increase the annual funding allocated to disaster mitigation and preparedness; (c) how much is the State Government prepared to increase this allocated funding by; and (d) will the Minister please table a ballpark figure for the next 5 years?
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Answered
29 November 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Emergency Services; Corrective Services
Response time
11 days
There is no global figure for mitigation and preparedness. It is a complex issue that includes multiple funding streams (National Disaster Resilience Program (NDRP), State Mitigation Funding, Recovery under Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements Western Australia (DRFAWA). Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery emergency management arrangements are complex and are supported by Local, State and Federal Governments and different funding streams depending on the nature and stage of the emergency.
MITIGATION
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) mitigation strategies are planned and resourced through various directorates and business units, including:
The figures in the table below represent actual expenditure from 2016-2017 to YTD October 2019. They also include the annual budget for 2019-20 in relation to mitigation programs and initiatives taken to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of an emergency:
2016-17
(Actual
2017-18
(Actual)
2018-19
(Actual)
2019-20
(YTD)
2019-20
(annual budget)
This funding will also enable the Rural Fire Division within DFES to lead the reform of the rural fire sector to improve bushfire management outcomes for Western Australian communities.
It will also support collaboration and interoperability between sector stakeholders including volunteers; enhance bushfire mitigation; and facilitate the decentralisation of bushfire management planning and decision-making.
DISASTER RECOVERY
In Western Australia, funding directly related to disaster recovery is through the Commonwealth’s Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement (DRFA). The DRFA in a jointly funded Commonwealth and State arrangement which provides assistance to support certain relief and recovery measures delivered by the State, following eligible disasters.
The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements Western Australia (DRFAWA) is the arrangement between the State and the local government authority’s/state government agencies.
The figures in the table below represent actual expenditure from 2016-2017 to YTD October 2019 and also include the annual budget for 2019-20 in relation to amounts for disaster recovery claims:
2016-17
(Actual)
2017-18
(Actual)
2018-19
(Actual)
2019-20
(YTD)
2019-20
(Annual Budget)
MITIGATION
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) mitigation strategies are planned and resourced through various directorates and business units, including:
The figures in the table below represent actual expenditure from 2016-2017 to YTD October 2019. They also include the annual budget for 2019-20 in relation to mitigation programs and initiatives taken to eliminate or reduce the incidence or severity of an emergency:
2016-17
(Actual
2017-18
(Actual)
2018-19
(Actual)
2019-20
(YTD)
2019-20
(annual budget)
This funding will also enable the Rural Fire Division within DFES to lead the reform of the rural fire sector to improve bushfire management outcomes for Western Australian communities.
It will also support collaboration and interoperability between sector stakeholders including volunteers; enhance bushfire mitigation; and facilitate the decentralisation of bushfire management planning and decision-making.
DISASTER RECOVERY
In Western Australia, funding directly related to disaster recovery is through the Commonwealth’s Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement (DRFA). The DRFA in a jointly funded Commonwealth and State arrangement which provides assistance to support certain relief and recovery measures delivered by the State, following eligible disasters.
The Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements Western Australia (DRFAWA) is the arrangement between the State and the local government authority’s/state government agencies.
The figures in the table below represent actual expenditure from 2016-2017 to YTD October 2019 and also include the annual budget for 2019-20 in relation to amounts for disaster recovery claims:
2016-17
(Actual)
2017-18
(Actual)
2018-19
(Actual)
2019-20
(YTD)
2019-20
(Annual Budget)
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