Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub

The Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub (the 'Knowledge Hub') is a national, open-source platform that supports and informs policy, planning, decision making and contemporary good practice in disaster resilience. The Knowledge Hub highlights current and emerging themes in the resilience sector, linking national guidelines with research and fostering collaboration among leading agencies and organisations. The Knowledge Hub also houses information on historical Australian disasters.

The Knowledge Hub is managed by the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience on behalf of the Australian Government, and replaces the Emergency Management Knowledge Hub.

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) is the National institute for disaster risk reduction and resilience. Our vision is a future where hazards don't become disasters. We collaborate across sectors to strengthen the resilience of Australian communities to disasters. 

AIDR creates, curates and mobilises knowledge, promotes shared language and responsibility, and builds sector capability and collaboration. AIDR works in Disaster Risk Reduction to build trust, remove barriers, and support a strong, connected knowledge system that underpins informed decision making and action before, during and after disasters.

AIDR exists to strengthen DRR and resilience across policy, planning and practice by supporting governments, organisations and communities to embed these approaches from the outset. We do this through our role as a knowledge broker by curating and mobilising knowledge, building shared understanding and capability, and connecting people and systems to support informed decision making.

AIDR is a managed by AFAC on behalf of the National Emergency Management Agency. 

National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework 

The National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework (PDF 3510KB) and Australia’s National Strategy for Disaster Resilience (PDF 4121KB) provide the overarching frameworks guiding AIDR's work to reduce disaster risk and improve Australia’s resilience to disasters.

The Second National Action Plan, released on 25 August 2023, put the framework into place through:

• working together to drive coordinated action
• reducing disaster risk and enhance resilience beyond avoiding losses
• ensuring we achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and
• enabling all Australians to be safe and prosper.

Last Updated: 3 November 2026