The Crisis Arrangements Committee (CAC) is the peak Australian Government senior officials’ crisis management preparedness committee. It has a role in ensuring that Australian Government operational crisis planning and preparedness activities are undertaken to address any identified critical gaps and that crisis arrangements remain fit-for-purpose in a changing threat environment.

The CAC:

• annually reviews and updates the list of identified hazards in the Framework
• oversees the development and maintenance of new national plans when required
• annually reviews and reports to departmental secretaries on the status of cross- government crisis management capability, capacity and surge workforce, and provides advice if required to address vulnerabilities
• audits existing national plans and arrangements for ongoing relevance and currency and alignment with the Framework
• reviews the full suite of national plans at least once every 3 years
• oversees Australian Government and relevant multinational crisis exercises and advises departmental secretaries on gaps and priorities for whole of Australian Government exercising.