Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Emergency Management, upon notice, on 20 January 2012:

With reference to the upgrade of the national Emergency Alert telephone warning system indicated in the media release, 'National phone warning system gets upgrade thanks to Commonwealth and Victorian Governments', dated 13 January 2012:

(1)   How will existing emergency alert warning systems that provide information to registered numbers be affected by the implementation of the upgraded system.

(2)   Will there be any periods of operational outage during the system upgrade; if so, for how long.

(3)   Is there a means of adjusting the radius of the physical emergency zone for alerts on an ad hoc basis.

(4)   What methods will be adopted by the Federal Government to ensure each state and territory has the required training and abilities to operate the upgraded system.

(5)   How much funding is being provided by the: (a) Federal Government; and (b) Victorian Government.