Events

In 2023-24, we partnered with Women’s Health Goulburn North East (WHGNE) to explore how our approach to disaster preparation, response and recovery would change if we centred the public good of Care.

In part one, Care through Disaster - a new lens on what’s needed to survive and thrive in tumultuous times, we argue that while disaster can bring people together, our goal is to prioritise what matters before disaster strikes.

Part two, Care through Disaster in Practice - a toolkit for leaders from the citizen to the state sets out the tangible contributions we can make as citizens, community organisations, through all levels of government, to build a new infrastructure of care at a scale required for communities to thrive through increasing systemic disaster risk.

We’ve had such a positive response to this work and so we’ll be co-hosting a quarterly online community of practice for anyone interested in coming together to discuss, build on, and action these ideas and recommendations.

Latest media

Millie discussing what the public service should be and who it should serve in The Mandarin

Millie talking Caring through Disaster with Amanda Kelly and Sharon Bessell on the Policy Forum Pod

Rachel talking Care through Disaster on The Sustainable Hour podcast

Article on ABC news explaining some of the key findings from the Care through Disaster report.

Millie discussing the *Care through Disaster* report on ABC NEWS

Listen to Millie discuss findings from the *Care through Disaster* report on ABC morning radio starting at 2:12

Collaboration with Goodlife Permaculture and animator Vivien Mason in *The Mercury*

Getting the public service in the public good conversation. *Canberra Times* by Dr Millie Rooney

WHGNE announce new research project: caring for communities through disaster in the *Wangaratta Chronicle*

What do we want the public service to be? *The Mandarin* by Dr Millie Rooney

Partnerships in disaster prevention, management and recovery on Earth Chat with Amanda Kelly, WHGNE CEO

Australia reMADE and WHGNE’s Care through Disaster project on ABC Radio, Shepparton, Breakfast, with Dr Millie Rooney, beginning at 47.13 minutes

Pieces of the Same Solution: reimagining the public good (2022) in Australian Quarterly by Dr Millie Rooney and Lily Spencer

Knowing Our Power in Tumultuous Times (2022) in Dumbo Feather by Lily Spencer

Where is Our Budget for the Public Good? (2022) in The Tasmanian Times by Dr Millie Rooney

Can we envision a government dedicated to the public good? (2022) in Pro Bono by Dr Millie Rooney

This country can’t afford to have a part time government (2021) in The Canberra Times by Louise Tarrant

What are Universities for? (2021) in The Tasmanian Times by Dr Millie Rooney

Ours is to reason why (2021) in Crossroads by Dr Millie Rooney

Bold change comes when we energise hope (2019) in The Guardian by Louise Tarrant

The vision splendid? A24 and its grassroots push for a new Australia (2018) in The Guardian by Anne Davies

Past events

Care through Disaster Launch

Whether it's climate impacts like fire and flood or a global pandemic, disaster is no longer unprecedented. So what do we need to care for each other well – before, during and after a disaster?

Paper presentation, BIEN: Crisis and Transformation Conference (26th September - 28th September), Basic Income Earth Network

Presentation, Women’s Climate Congress: Renewal (11th September - 12th September), Women’s Climate Congress, Dr Millie Rooney
Keynote, SEGRA: Regional Activity, Transition and Sustainability Conference (31st August - 2nd September),
Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia, Dr Millie Rooney
Panel guest, Healthy Conversations: Reimagining the future, Climate and Health Alliance, Dr Millie Rooney
Progress Leaders (2022), closing remarks, Lily Spencer
Community of Practice: Wellbeing reMADE (recording), Women’s Health Golbourn North East, Dr Millie Rooney
Science for the Public Good (2022), Australian Academy of Science, Dr Millie Rooney
“reMAKING the world we want: bringing hope and vision to the work that you” address for the ‘Back to the future’ conference, Community Legal Centres NSW (2021), Lily Spencer
Together? Apart? Where are we?? (2020), The Green Institute, Dr Millie Rooney
Staying Together While Keeping Apart (2020), The Green Institute, Dr Millie Rooney