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This publication contends that climate change is ushering in a new era in the security of Australia. Indeed, the text’s author suggests that the frequency of catastrophic events will increase as a result of climate change, and in ever closer succession. This emerging era of disasters will not only increasingly stretch emergency services, undermine community resilience and escalate economic costs and losses of life, but also have profound implications for food security in Australia, with cascading impacts that will undermine the country’s national security. The report concludes with policy recommendations to strengthen Australia’s resilience to the formidable hazards that lie ahead.