
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jones, Roger 
T1  - Managing the national response: The Canberra story
JF  - Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal
JO  - Aust. Meteor. and Ocean. J.
Y1  - 2010
VL  - 60
IS  - 3
SP  - 221
EP  - 225
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ES10034 
N2  - The paper briefly discusses the origins of the then Natural Disasters Organisation (NDO, now Emergency Management Australia) and the organisation&#x2019;s initial role and organisation on its establishment in Canberra in July 1974. When cyclone Tracy struck barely five months later, NDO&#x2019;s staffing arrangements and systems were still very much in development. Following an outline of the key issues and problems created by this unprecedented event, as seen at the time from a Canberra perspective, the paper describes the Federal Government&#x2019;s initial response to the crisis and NDO&#x2019;s early actions to develop new arrangements and systems to coordinate the national response. An overview of the response coordination operation is offered, together with an evaluation of the operation&#x2019;s effectiveness and an indication of some of the major lessons learned. The presentation concludes with some anecdotal observations. 
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