Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Joint Agency Drought Taskforce Drought Preparedness and Resilience Issues Paper Submission

Through this submission RAPAD has put forward new ways to rapidly encourage social and economic growth of our region to sustain us through these lean times and for the long run.

In developing this submission, the RAPAD Board asked for expert opinion from outside the region. As such included are comments from Dr Mark McGovern who has similarly expressed a need for change in his “Prudently Addressing Drought Impacts Paper”. He has identified a range of areas where improvements in our thinking and various products, processes and policies would have significant positive impacts.