Geoscience Australia Strategy 2026–2036 Hazards and impacts
Page last updated:24 March 2026
Monitoring and modelling natural and human-induced disaster risks and assessing impacts on Australia’s communities and infrastructure.
Image caption: Our National Earthquake Alerts Centre operates around the clock to provide rapid alerts of significant earthquakes in Australia and overseas.
Our 10-year goals
Code |
Goal |
|---|---|
| G5.1 | Deliver fully automated, high-availability, timely and reliable earthquake monitoring and alerting services through the National Earthquake Alerts Centre. |
| G5.2 | Deliver hazard impact services, including through the Digital Atlas of Australia, to provide advanced modelling and insights into the impacts of all hazards on buildings and infrastructure. |
| G5.3 | Uplift the national geohazards science program that advances understanding of geophysical risks and consequences. |
4-year initiatives
Code |
Initiative |
|---|---|
| I5i | Uplift our digital capability for advanced modelling to deliver digital hazard impact services to users. |
| I5ii | Establish a national building exposure registry to underpin building and infrastructure disaster impact services. |
| I5iii | Develop a financially sustainable geohazard science program to address capability gaps. |
Our measures
Code |
Measure |
|---|---|
| M5a | Usage and satisfaction with our digital products. |
| M5b | Stakeholder decisions demonstrably informed by our products and advice. |
| M5c | Performance of the National Earthquake Alerts Centre (NEAC). |
Supporting our nation’s response to natural hazards
We monitor and model natural hazards to assess risk and support emergency management, infrastructure resilience, and safer communities.
Find out how we're informing decisions to improve community safety and build a better understanding of natural hazards.
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Index and glossary
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Focus areas explored
Resource potential
Unlocking Australia’s minerals, energy and groundwater resource potential through expert geoscience knowledge and analysis.
Positioning and navigation services
Measuring Australia’s land movement and delivering accurate, reliable and resilient positioning and navigation across Australia’s land and maritime areas.
Earth analysis
Transforming Earth observation data into Earth insights by monitoring, analysing and predicting change across Australia’s dynamic land, water and coastal environment over time.
National land, marine and coastal mapping
Providing trusted national location information on Australia’s land, marine and Antarctic geography (natural and built environment).
