Welcome to the October edition of What's New in Knowledge. This monthly blog series collates key research, reports, and public interest journalism from across the disaster resilience space.

The Mount Mulligan Mine, Queensland incident occurred on 19 September 1921. The mine was known as a safe mine, as there was no detectable gas in the shafts. As a result, miners worked with naked ...

In the summer of 1920 - 1921 it is estimated that 147 people died as a result of a heatwave. Mortality during heatwaves can be difficult to measure, as deaths tend to occur from exacerbations of ...

The 1956 Murray River flood was the then largest flood ever recorded in South Australia. Heavy rains in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria eventually caused exceptional flooding along the length ...

The Department of Home Affairs, through the National Resilience Taskforce, explores this question in Profiling Australia’s Vulnerability: The interconnected causes and cascading effects of systemic ...

At 10.59 am on 14 October 1968, the small town of Meckering about 130 km east of Perth was destroyed by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the Richter scale. The earthquake was felt throughout the ...

Recovery Matters webinars get to the heart of key issues in disaster recovery. How do you go about supporting communities in recovery? What can you expect on the journey ahead? What about the support ...

Throughout February and March 1926, forest fires raged across large areas of Gippsland. In total, 60 people died. There was widespread destruction to farms, houses and sawmills. It is estimated ...

In Frontline Crisis Response, Jori Kalkman, an Associate Professor at the Netherlands Defence Academy, explores emergency service and military frontline response to uncertain and disorderly situations ...

On 20 January a cyclone with wind gusts estimated at 195 km per hour hit Mackay. Thirty people were killed in Mackay and Rockhampton. In Rockhampton 1400 homes were damaged by the subsequent flooding ...

The United Nations General Assembly has designated 13 October as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to ...

The theme for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2026, ‘Resilience starts at home’, reminds us that resilience is built not by emergency plans alone, but by where and how we live, ...