Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_422
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 422
Character Range: 1085266–1089306

422       Disaster Risk Reduction Package                                                                                                                      To provide funding for national initiatives that reduce the risk, and limit the impact, of disasters associated with natural hazards on Australian communities and economies, including initiatives to:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) reduce existing, or minimise future, disaster risk; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) equip decision‑makers with capabilities and information to reduce disaster risk and manage residual risk.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) with respect to census and statistics; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) with respect to insurance, other than State insurance; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) with respect to Indigenous Australians and particular groups of Indigenous Australians; or
                                                                                                                                                               (e) to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 11 and 26;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 6 and 23;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 10;
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) the Paris Agreement, particularly Articles 7 and 8;
                                                                                                                                                               (v) the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, particularly Article 4; or
                                                                                                                                                               (f) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or
                                                                                                                                                               (g) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.