National Resource Sharing Centre (NRSC) Program

Overview

The National Resource Sharing centre Program was announced as the sole initiative under the 2025-26 National Resource Sharing Centre measure. The objectives of the program are:  to enhance the ability to share resources across state and territory jurisdictions  to formally establish and maintain a unified coordination and response capability between the Australian Government and all states and territories to share resources across Australia in preparing for, and responding to, disasters of national significance. The intended outcomes of the program are: sustained national coordination of resource-sharing through operation of the NRSC  reliable interstate domestic deployment through maintenance of the Arrangement for Interstate Assistance (AIA) multi-jurisdictional Arrangements   enhanced national capability awareness and coordination including deployed updates contributing to the daily National Situation Room (NSR) Situation Report   improved data alignment with NSR’s National Joint Common Operating Picture (NJCOP)  consistent and effective decision-making enabled by standardised national data collection  strengthened national emergency preparedness   reduced reliance on the Australian Defence Force (ADF).