WICEN Vic: Public Safety Comms Article

[Mark Dods]

Thought this might interest people. Its an article by Ian Miller, 
Executive Officer of the Australian Radio Communications Industry 
Association.

"Australia’s public safety communications need to be treated as a single 
ecosystem, with full spectrum allocations and proper funding.

Australia is going through a time of significant change, brought on by 
the natural disasters of the past summer and the health crisis that has 
changed our world. The disruption is expected to remain significant for 
quite some time. On a personal level and as the Executive Officer for 
ARCIA <https://arcia.org.au>, I can see some of the changes on multiple 
levels. However, when I look at the projections of what will supposedly 
come from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster 
Arrangements <https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/>, I do 
have serious concerns.

Although much of the discussion has been around the extent of natural 
disaster preparation our agencies conduct each year, the overall impact 
has been that there has been too little done and it has been done too 
late. One cannot help but wonder what effects successive governments 
(both Commonwealth and state) have had with their continued press for 
‘productivity gains’ being the underlying formula for wage increases. 
After all, ‘productivity gain’ is just another term for doing the same 
amount of work with fewer resources — how often can you continue to 
squeeze the lemon and expect to get more juice?"


Read more: 
http://criticalcomms.com.au/content/public-safety/article/no-room-for-communications-complacency-in-the-new-normal--847936761#ixzz6R5q0BX8B

Regards,

-- 
Mark Dods VK3ZR

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