Order to Establish the National Emergency Management Agency as an Executive Agency

Public Service Act 1999

Order to Establish the National Emergency Management Agency as an Executive Agency

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999:

(a)        establish the National Emergency Management Agency as an Executive Agency;

(b)       allocate the name National Emergency Management Agency to the Executive Agency;

(c)        allocate the name Coordinator-General to be the Head of the Executive Agency;

(d)       identify the Minister for Emergency Management as the Minister responsible for the Executive Agency;

(e)        specify the functions of the National Emergency Management Agency be as follows:

1. to develop, lead and coordinate the Commonwealth’s approach to emergency management, including the support of activities relating to preparedness, response, relief, recovery, reconstruction, risk reduction and resilience for all hazard emergencies and disasters;
2. to provide national leadership and strategic coordination for emergencies and disaster preparedness, response, relief, recovery, reconstruction, risk reduction and resilience across all levels of government and sectors;
3. to design, oversee and where relevant administer funding programs related to emergency and disaster preparedness, response, relief, recovery, reconstruction and resilience;
4. to lead national implementation of the Commonwealth’s international and national disaster risk reduction obligations;
5. to undertake other relevant tasks as the responsible Minister for the entity may require from time to time.

This Order will commence on 1 September 2022.

Dated 18 August 2022                     

David Hurley

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command

Anthony Albanese

Prime Minister