James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Australia remains a leader in disaster risk reduction. Building resilience has been elevated to one of the six priority areas under the government's aid policy. The government is providing around two per cent of the official development assistance budget to disaster risk reduction activities—the same level it has been for the last five years. Australia effectively doubles the accepted international target of at least one per cent of official development assistance directed to disaster risk reduction activities. The government is focused on building climate and disaster resilience in our immediate neighbourhood, and is spending $1 billion on climate resilience over the next five years.