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Asset Management
Dan Harper
Senior Manager - Resilience & Capability
7 June 2019
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DRFA Introduction
• The new Commonwealth Disaster Recovery Funding
Arrangements (DRFA) replace the previous Natural
Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA).
• The DRFA came into effect on 1 November 2018.
• Through the DRFA, Commonwealth funding is provided
to assist States (and local governments) with costs
associated with disaster relief and recovery assistance
measures.
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Commonwealth Funding Arrangements
Under NDRRA & DRFA there are four
categories of eligible funding:
• Category A – Personal hardship measures
• Category B – Asset
reconstruction/restoration & financial
instruments
• Category C – Community recovery
packages
• Category D – Exceptional circumstances
Changes between NDRRA & DRFA occur in Cats A & B.
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Changes under DRFA – Category B
• New funding model
o upfront estimation model – reconstruction of essential public assets
• New measures:
o emergency works; and,
o immediate reconstruction works
• Enhanced oversight of Category B claims
o control objectives (assurance framework)
• Amended eligible time periods for claims
• Further strengthening of asset pre and post-disaster condition evidence.
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Essential Public Assets Reconstruction
• State and local governments are now required to
undertake cost estimates of damage to essential public
assets.
• Estimates must be undertaken on a project by project
level.
• Estimates must be developed through either market
response or cost estimation.
• Assets reconstructed to their pre-disaster function.
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Essential Public Asset Reconstruction
Claim lifecycle
• Damage assessment (including pre & post disaster
condition)
• Cost estimation
• Contingency & cost escalation
• Procurement
• Monitoring of actual expenditure against estimates
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• The Inter-Departmental Committee (IDC) engaged
Deloitte to develop an end-to-end estimation model and
associated guidelines.
• New model for the restoration of essential public assets
(REPA) developed.
• This documentation was approved by the IDC as
working documents.
• https://www.dtf.vic.gov.au/natural-disaster-financial-
assistance/events-post-1-november-2018
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VAGO Audit - Key Recommendations
• VAGO made 7 recommendations, four of which are
particularly relevant:
• clearly determine and document the information that
they need for effective asset reporting and
decision‐making, including ensuring Disaster Recovery
Funding Arrangements needs are met
• establish more consistent and systematic
processes for data collection on all asset classes to a
level commensurate to the criticality of the asset and
implement them to collect the information
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VAGO Audit Key Findings
• integrate asset management information systems so
staff can easily record and access data to enable
analysis for planning and decision‐making particularly
with the requirements for asset pre and post-condition
information.
• evaluate their capability, including resources, skills
and training to meet their identified asset management
needs, potentially using the National Asset Management
Assessment Framework
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Local Government Asset Management
MAV’s STEP Asset Management & Financial
Sustainability Program
• Supports councils to effectively deliver services to their
communities
• Enhances quality, access and useability of information
DELWP-LGV Finance and Accounting Support Team
(FAST) Program
• Aim is to help improve the financial sustainability of rural
and regional councils
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Asset Management Project - Work Program
• IDC has asked LGV to investigate local government
asset management and develop strategies that improve
the ability of local governments and CMAs to lodge a
valid claim through the DRFA
• July 2019 – DELWP-LGV will engage a consultant to
inform a Business Case, including:
– Costed options to improve local government and
CMA asset management capability and capacity
• October 2019 – Asset Management Project findings will
be presented to the Natural Disaster Funding Reform
IDC