NSW State Emergency Management Committee Communiques

Twenty-eight official communiques document the meetings of the New South Wales State Emergency Management Committee from 2010 to 2018. These text records likely contain discussions, decisions, and updates on emergency preparedness, response coordination, and policy. The collection provides a longitudinal view of state-level emergency governance over an eight-year period.

Use Cases

• Tracking the evolution of emergency management policy based on the textual content of meeting summaries.
• Analyzing the frequency and timing of committee meetings based on the provided dates.
• Studying government transparency and public communication through the release of official communiques.

Strengths

• Contains 28 distinct communiques, indicating a substantial collection.
• Covers a time range from at least 2010 to 2018, providing longitudinal data.
• Released under a consistent open license (OGL-CA-2.0) across all entries.

Limitations

• Critical metadata such as row counts, file sizes, and specific column names are universally listed as 'unknown' or 'None'.
• The 'last updated' dates (e.g., 2026-06-26) are inconsistent with the content dates and appear to be system-generated placeholders, casting doubt on metadata accuracy.

Provenance

Source

NSW Government

Collection Method

Official government record-keeping and publication.

Time Range

2010-2018

Freshness

The most recent communique described is from Meeting 108 on 1 March 2018.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia