Role statement -The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions

Promote resilience through:

• effective engagement networks with commonwealth, government, industry and community stakeholders, including the food and grocery critical infrastructure sector to gain appreciation of asset criticality and emergency planning and preparedness plans

Key support agency for the food and grocery sector during a disruption to supply continuity

Lead Response Support Agency (RSA) for the functional areas:

• Business and industry
• Food and grocery supply continuity
• Tourism

Relief Coordinating Agency (RelCA) and Relief Lead Agency (RelLA) for food and grocery supply continuity. DJSIR supports food and grocery supply continuity by providing strategic and expert advice to government and emergency agencies regarding impacts on food and grocery supply/demand and prioritisation in an emergency, working with major food distribution operators.

4.5, 4.6, 10.2, 10.3, 15.2, 15.7

Table 12: Relief coordination

Relief Support Agency (RelSA) for the Australian Red Cross to coordinate food and water distribution.

Table 12: Relief coordination

Recovery Coordinating Agency (RecCA) responsible for the recovery functional area coordination of local economies and businesses

15.7, 17.1, 17.2

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

Table 17: Built environment

Recovery Lead agency (RecLA) responsible to:

• work with municipal councils to implement appropriate actions and initiatives that encourage and bring forward the resumption of local economic activity

17.1, 17.4, 17.5

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• assess and monitor broad economic impacts and consequences in partnership with other agencies and municipal councils, share information across government to inform responses and work with agencies to prioritise planned activities to minimise economic consequences

4.5, 17.1, 17.2, 17.5

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• assist business and industry to access information, advice and support following an emergency

17.2, 17.4

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• provide information and advice to small businesses to support decision making and, where appropriate, encourage a return to business

17.2, 17.4

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• work to develop and implement funded activities to support business recovery

17.2, 17.4

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• provide opportunities for the enhancement of knowledge and skills within small business to support business recovery and resilience  

17.5

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• implement marketing/public relations and industry product development activities to assist affected tourism regions and businesses to recover, in partnership with Visit Victoria and Regional Tourism Boards

17.5

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

Lead agency responsible to assess, restore, clear and rehabilitate DJSIR managed public buildings and assets (e.g. public amenities) 

19.2, 19.3, 19.4

Recovery Support Agency (RecSA) to:

• support EMV to implement available financial assistance under the DRFA to assist voluntary non-profit groups, communities and economies

3.2, 15.4

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• support EMV to deliver recovery programs and financial assistance under the DRFA arrangements for small businesses by gathering impact and loss information and sharing it with EMV and DPC, and promoting the support to primary producers and stakeholders

3.2, 17.1

Table 16: Recovery coordination: Economic environment

• support ERV to coordinate approved state-led or supported clean-up of residential property

• support respective asset owner/s or the managing agency/s of sporting facilities, public amenities or station buildings in undertaking the assessment, restoration, clean-up and rehabilitation of public buildings and assets