As Australians become increasingly anxious about the threat of
natural disaster, building infrastructure that is better able to
cope with these traumatic events must be a priority as we repair
the damage caused over this last year and move on to deliver in
excess of $700 billion of infrastructure across
Australia.
Floods in Queensland and Victoria, fires in Western Australia,
and earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan have raised the
consciousness and sensitivity of Australians to these extraordinary
events.
The MWH Critical infrastructure Report 2011,
release in April, found that 85 per cent of Australians believe we
are experiencing changes to our climate (whether human-induced or
otherwise remains part of community debate) and the majority link
these changes to the frequency and severity of disaster events.
