Resilience NSW was a

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executive agency within the Department of Premier and Cabinet, focused on disaster management and was responsible for disaster recovery and building community resilience to future disasters. It was established on 1 May 2020, following the

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a few months prior. It replaced the Office of Emergency Management, an office within the Department of Communities and Justice. The agency was headed by

Shane Fitzsimmons Shane Alan Fitzsimmons (born in Sydney) is the Head of Resilience NSW and was previously the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service between September 2007 and April 2020. Career Fitzsimmons joined the NSW Rural Fire Servic ...

, who was previously the

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of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service. The head of Resilience NSW reported to Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience, presently

Steph Cooke Stephanie Anne Cooke is an Australian politician. Cooke has served as the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience in the Perrottet ministry since December 2021. During the New South Wales floods in February−March 2022, Cooke was additi ...

History

The Office of Emergency Management, an office within the Department of Communities and Justice was replaced by Resilience NSW on 1 May 2020 with the
Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Resilience NSW) Order 2020
' issued. Within this order Resilience NSW was established as a Public Service Executive Agency related to the Department of Premier and Cabinet with the following responsible ministers: *

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* Deputy Premier of New South Wales * Minister for Police and Emergency Services On 1 April 2022 by the
Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Transitional) Order 2021
', Resilience NSW was transferred back to the Department of Communities and Justice under the Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience. Following an inquiry into the response to the

2022 New South Wales floods Heavy flooding broke out in the Central Coast and Sydney areas of New South Wales, Australia, beginning in early July 2022. Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities. The floods' da ...

, Resilience NSW was found to be bureaucratic and ineffective, with the agency be dissolved. It has been replaced by the NSW Reconstruction Authority after legislation passed in November that year.

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