Bushfires |
Major fires drive community safety concerns and damage to property and infrastructure. 70% of the Campbelltown Local Government Area (LGA) is classified as Bush Fire Prone Land, and significant area within and adjacent to the LGA are dense bushland that represent severe bushfire risk. |
Cyber attack |
Cyber-attack is an emerging risk with the potential to affect everyone within the LGA and Council’s operations themselves. Serious impacts to businesses and government agencies are probable. |
Disease pandemic |
The threat of pandemics have proven to be far-reaching for all sectors of the community. Impacts extend from health concerns, to social isolation, and financial vulnerability. |
Drought and water shortages |
Over the coming decades Campbelltown’s water supply catchments can expect lower average rainfall and higher temperatures, which will result in less runoff and lower drinking water yields. |
Extreme temperatures and heatwaves |
Western Sydney experiences more frequent, and more severe extreme temperatures than wider Metropolitan Sydney. These will be exacerbated by increases in extreme heat due to climate change. |
Flood |
Heavy localised rainfall can cause local overland flooding, Metropolitan Sydney-wide rainfall can cause riverine flooding. Floods drive community safety concerns and cause damage to property and infrastructure. |
High structural unemployment or underemployment |
The failure of Australian core financial mechanisms or institutions has the potential to seriously affect residents through rapid unemployment growth, inflation, and housing affordability. |
Infrastructure failure |
Major failure of the primary infrastructure that we rely upon every day (e.g. transport, energy, water, telecommunications) as a result of natural or human-made occurrence. |
Major natural catastrophe |
Events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, geomagnetic storms that have the potential to cause localised or Metropolitan Sydney-wide damage. |
Severe storms |
A severe storm event (wind, hail, electrical, rain) that leads to safety concerns and causes significant damage to property and infrastructure e.g. east coast lows. |