A WORD FROM INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA
RESILIENCE AND RESPONDING TO CHANGE:
ADAPTING TO UNCERTAINTY by Romilly Madew AO, CEO, Infrastructure Australia
The year 2020 marked the dawning of a new decade, a new year, and with it perhaps the makings of a new normal amongst a veil of smoke across Australia.
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his summer has seen Australia combat one of the worst bushfire seasons many in this country have ever faced. Given the scale of this disaster and the increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, we face a period of growing uncertainty. The widespread devastation has pushed the resilience of our infrastructure into the spotlight. Throughout the ongoing recovery effort and long-term rebuild, we should all be asking questions of our planning, regulation, building standards, zoning and community education programs.
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March 2020 // Issue 14
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