Disaster adaptation planning helps us better understand current and future risk from natural hazards including bushfires, floods, heat waves, storms, coastal hazards, landslides, earthquakes, cyclones, tornadoes and tsunamis.
RA is leading this work across NSW to help build safer, more resilient communities.
We are working with Joint Organisations of Councils (JOs) that received Disaster Ready Fund grants in early 2025 to deliver disaster adaptation planning projects across a number of regions.
Learn more about some of the activities happening in your region below.
Discover a compelling series of short films featuring real people adapting in our changing world. From across NSW, communities are adapting, preparing, and growing stronger in the face of natural hazards. Each screening showcases a selection of short films alongside local voices who share their perspectives on what adaptation means to them - and how we can work together to build resilience.
These inspiring stories highlight optimism and strength, set against real experiences of disaster and recovery.
Screenings will include:
- Real stories of adaptation and resilience
- A facilitated panel discussion
- An interactive Q&A session
Screening schedule:
Central NSW
- Sunday, 31 May, 3pm to 5pm - Odeon Cinema, Orange (Premiere)
- Monday, 1 June, 5pm to 7pm - Cabonne Community Centre, Molong
- Wednesday, 3 June, 5pm to 7pm - Forbes Town Hall, Forbes
- Wednesday, 10 June, 5pm to 7pm - Callara Movie Theatre, Condobolin
- Thursday, 11 June, 5pm to 7pm - Union Theatre, Lithgow
Hunter, Central Coast and MidCoast (times to be confirmed)
- Tuesday, 16 June, 5pm to 7pm - Laneway Theatre, Newcastle
- Tuesday, 23 June, 5pm to 7pm - Yarramalong Hall, Yarramalong
- Wednesday 24 June, 5pm to 7pm - Taree Old Bar Surf Club, Old Bar
- Tuesday, 30 June, 5pm to 7pm - Murrook Cultural Centre, Williamtown
Entry is free. Registration is essential. Register now.
RA is delivering an Economic Disaster Resilience Assessment for the Hunter, Central Coast, Mid Coast and Illawarra Shoalhaven regions, to inform regional disaster adaptation planning and help guide future investment and policy decisions.
This assessment combines economic data, hazard information and modelling, and local stakeholder insights to understand how disasters affect regional economies and to identify opportunities to strengthen preparedness, reduce risk and support recovery.
Read the Economic Disaster Resilience Assessment FAQs (PDF 94.87KB) to learn more.
RA is investing in community sentiment research, including in-home and online activities. This will help us understand matters most to communities and how aware people are of disaster risks.
The research will also identify common themes and help shape how we engage with the community and reach more people. Along the way, it may also uncover opportunities to improve awareness and preparedness and highlight early actions we might take to reduce risk.
Residents in Central NSW, the Illawarra Shoalhaven, and the Hunter, Central coast and Mid Coast regions are invited to complete the local disaster adaptation planning survey from Wednesday 20 May to Tuesday 2 June.
NSW does not currently have reliable information about key building features such as floor heights, number of storeys and construction type. These details are often estimated, which creates uncertainty when modelling disaster risk and making decisions about mitigation, response and recovery.
To address this, surveyors will collect building data using advanced scanning technology and high resolution cameras. This will be done from vehicles and from public land, usually public roads.
The project will capture detailed 3D building data that can be used to support multi hazard risk assessments.
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