Launch of Northern Tasmania Alliance for Resilient Councils

Commissioner Wardlaw said "Climate resilience is an area that all councils are embracing, and it makes sense to work with the region to avoid duplication and ensure consistency.

Building capacity is central to this climate initiative and by working collaboratively councils can leverage off each other's strengths to get the best outcome for local communities."

Over the next 3 years, NTARC has funding of $948,000 to assist the eight northern councils to build climate and disaster resilience through collaboration. The aim is to increase capacity and capability of councils to understand and respond to increasing hazards and disasters regionally.

The eight northern councils will fund 50%, or $474,000 of the program, with the other 50% being secured from the Federal Government’s Disaster Resilience Fund, for a total 3 year budget of $948,000.

The program also has $100,000 grant funding from the State Government (Healthy Focus Grants) for the Tasmanian councils supporting climate healthy and resilient communities, which partners with UTAS’s Menzies Centre and Climate Futures Tasmania and will be delivered state-wide across the local government sector to define its and state’s role in climate health across communities.

The Commissioner said: "The General Manager is to be congratulated for the work he has been doing with his colleagues across the region leading up to the launch today. The General Manager and officers are looking forward to working with their counterparts across the region to deliver this initiative."