Senior Executives' emergency management briefing 2-3 April 1996.

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Australian disasters and the Commonwealth role / Alan Hodges -- The basis of emergency management in Australia / Chris Hunter -- The Commonwealth response to disasters (and other matters) / Joe Barr -- Defence assistance to the civil community / Al Smith -- Emergency management in Victoria - State arrangements / Paul Gabriel -- The Northern Victoria floods of 1993 - an operational perspective / Rhys Maggs -- The impact on Benalla - a local government perspective / Dennis Wapling -- Floods in North East Victoria, Australia, October 1993 : a community based recovery management program / Andrew Coghlan and Philip Buckle -- Critique of the community response to a disaster model / Anne McCamish -- Community based management of social disruption following disasters / Philip Buckle