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Oceania > Australia > Disasters

AUSTRALIAN DISASTERS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Central Emergency Response Fund > Contributors > Pledged $7,328,894.00 [8th of 28]
Funds commited to Tsunami aid $193,000,000.00 [5th of 22]
Source: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund
Funds committed to emergency Tsunami aid $99,000,000.00 [5th of 22]
Source: OECD, October, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina > International aid response
AUD 10 million and a team of 20 emergency response officers immediately. Australia is donating 8 million to American Red Cross.
Source: OECD, October 2005
Tsunami > Economic impact
Australian investors are expected to wipe millions off the value of insurance companies when the market reopens today, but analysts say losses for insurers could be less than$5 billion. Insurance Australia Group Ltd., Australasia
Source: Wikipedia, CNN
Tsunami > Foreign tourists missing 349 [9th of 37]
Source: BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters
Tsunami > Foreigners death toll 13 [10th of 34]
Source: BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN
Tsunami > Funds pledged $431,000,000.00 [5th of 37]
Source: BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier
Tsunami > Funds pledged by NGOs and public $144,400,000.00 [5th of 24]
Source: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > International aid packages
The government has raised its offer of aid to $815 million over a five-year period. Half of this sum is in bilateral loans. Prime Minister, John Howard has been sceptical about supporting the debt relief initiative being pushed by other wealthy countries. Donations from the Australian public total $88m. About 350 military staff, four military helicopters, a troop transport ship, a military health support team and a water purification plant are being sent to Indonesia, as well as a team of volunteer medical professionals.
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters
Tsunami > Total aid package $963,370,000.00 [3rd of 37]
Source: BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age
Tsunami aid commitments as a percent of pledges 44.7% [15th of 16]
Source: Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Central Emergency Response Fund ; OECD, October, 2005.; OECD, October 2005; Wikipedia, CNN; BBC, Bloomberg, BBC, Rediff, The Herald Sun, The Indian Express and The Reuters; BBC, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs, Reuters, US State Department, CBC News, http://www.stuff.co.nz/ and CNN; BBC, CNN, Wikipedia, Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs and French deputy foreign minister Renaud Muselier; OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age; OECD, October, 2005.

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