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Gold Coast emergency centre faces telecommunications resilience review
Council has asked for a report on whether the Disaster and Emergency Management Centre could withstand a significant outage during a disaster or emergency.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
The City of Gold Coast has asked for a report on the resilience of its Disaster and Emergency Management Centre during a significant telecommunications outage, after the request was adopted as Council resolution G26.0728.037 on 28 July 2026.
The report is to examine the centre’s current contingency measures, identified risks and any recommended improvements. It is to be presented to the relevant committee, but the minutes do not set a reporting date.
The request originated with the Governance, Administration and Finance Committee meeting on 14 July. Councillors carried the committee recommendation, which was later adopted unanimously by Council, with Cr B Patterson moving the resolution and Cr J Martin seconding it.
The resolution does not approve an upgrade or allocate funding. The minutes also do not identify the communications systems to be assessed, detailed outage scenarios or the likely cost of any improvements.
What deserves a closer look
The record establishes a request for an assessment, not a telecommunications upgrade or funding commitment.
The requested report may inform later decisions about operational arrangements or improvements, but no such later decision is recorded here.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will the requested report be presented to the relevant committee?
Which communications systems and detailed outage scenarios will the report assess?
Would any recommended improvements require additional funding or procurement?
What happens next
Present a report to the relevant committee on the Disaster and Emergency Management Centre's resilience to a significant telecommunications outage during a disaster or emergency, including current contingency measures, identified risks and any recommended improvements.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Committee recommendation GAF26.0714.012 called for Council to request a report to the relevant committee on the Disaster and Emergency Management Centre's resilience to a significant telecommunications outage during a disaster or emergency, including current contingency measures, identified risks and any recommended improvements.
CARRIED ADOPTED AT COUNCIL 28 JULY 2026 RESOLUTION G26.0728.036 Moved: Cr B Patterson Seconded: Cr J Martin That Committee Recommendation GAF26.0714.011 be adopted. 869 Meeting of the Governance, Administration and Finance Committee Confirmed Minutes Page 10 Tuesday 14 July 2026 CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 7 CLOSED SESSION REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS Nil 8 GENERAL BUSINESS 8.1 WITHDRAWN 8.2 RESILIENCE OF THE DISASTER EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTRE TO A SIGNIFICANT TELECOMMUNICATIONS OUTAGE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION GAF26.0714.012 Moved: Cr B Patterson Seconded: Cr J Wilkinson That Council requests a report be presented to the relevant committee on the resilience of the Disaster and Emergency Management Centre (DEMC) to a significant telecommunications outage during a disaster or emergency, including current contingency measures, identified risks and any recommended improvements.
Item 8.2, committee recommendation GAF26.0714.012
Open original minutes ↗The minutes record Council adopting committee recommendation GAF26.0714.012 on 28 July 2026 as resolution G26.0728.037, moved by Cr B Patterson and seconded by Cr J Martin, and carried unanimously.
CARRIED ADOPTED AT COUNCIL 28 JULY 2026 RESOLUTION G26.0728.037 Moved: Cr B Patterson Seconded: Cr J Martin That Committee Recommendation GAF26.0714.012 be adopted. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY There being no further business the meeting closed at 2:35pm 869 Meeting of the Governance, Administration and Finance Committee Confirmed Minutes Page 11 Tuesday 14 July 2026 These pages Numbered 1 to 11 Constitute the Minutes of the 869 Governance, Administration and Finance Committee Meeting of the Council of the City of Gold Coast held on Tuesday 14 July 2026 869 MINUTE ITEM ATTACHMENTS GOVERNANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY 14 JULY
Council resolution G26.0728.037
Open original minutes ↗The Governance, Administration and Finance Committee meeting was held on 14 July 2026 and the minutes are labelled confirmed.
869 CONFIRMED MINUTES GOVERNANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY 14 JULY 2026 1:30PM The meeting commenced at 1:32pm City of Gold Coast Council Chambers 135 Bundall Road Surfers Paradise 869 Meeting of the Governance, Administration and Finance Committee Confirmed Minutes Page 2 Tuesday 14 July 2026 ORDER OF BUSINESS 1 ATTENDANCE/APOLOGIES ....................................................................
Confirmed minutes, meeting heading
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the City of Gold Coast’s confirmed minutes for the Governance, Administration and Finance Committee meeting held on 14 July 2026, together with the recorded Council adoption on 28 July 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council adopted a resolution requesting a report on the Disaster and Emergency Management Centre’s resilience to a significant telecommunications outage during a disaster or emergency.
- The requested report is to cover current contingency measures, identified risks and any recommended improvements.
- The resolution was adopted by Council on 28 July 2026 as G26.0728.037, after the committee considered it on 14 July.
- The minutes record the resolution as carried unanimously.
- The resolution specifies no funding, upgrade project or reporting date.
Why it matters
- The requested review could establish what contingency arrangements are available at the City's emergency-management centre and whether further improvements may be needed during a significant telecommunications outage. The record does not yet establish that upgrades will follow.