12/10/2026
Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The idea at its heart is hopeful: disasters are natural, but much of the harm they cause is not inevitable.
Choices made long beforehand shape how bad things get. Where we build, how we build, which warning systems we fund, and how well communities understand their local risks.
Australia has lived through enough fire and flood to know this in its bones. As we head into the warmer months, it is a good prompt to ask what risks sit around your own home and community, and what small steps could soften them.
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