by Paul Somerville, Risk Frontiers. The December 17, 2016, M 7.9 earthquake originated about 46 km east of Taron, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea at…
by John McAneney. This fifth briefing contains observations arising from a visit to Wellington and Blenheim (Dec. 5 – 12, 2016). Briefing by Dr Kelvin…
Sydney Morning Herald. December 2, 2016. Peter Hannam. Heatwaves cause more deaths in Australia than all other natural hazards combined, so authorities should consider a cyclone-like…
Fire, flood, lack of water, loss of power, substantial damage, tsunami. These can all be a consequence of earthquake. A little bit of research on…
A conceptual approach using risk as a basis of building performance design by Assoc. Prof. Brian Meacham, Fire Protection Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA The…
by Paul Somerville, Risk Frontiers. Inspections and Occupancy of Government Buildings in Wellington. Speaking to Parliament’s government administration committee on November 28, State Services Commissioner…
It is the first day of summer, and already the weather bureau is warning of severe heatwave conditions across southern parts of Queensland and northern…
Lucinda Coates is featured in The Retiree in regards to her research which has found that heatwaves have killed more Australians than other natural hazards…