Deployments
All deployments
2025 – Myanmar – Earthquake
Following the impact of a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck near Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city...
2024 – Vanuatu – Earthquake
On 17 December 2024, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the west coast of Port...
2022 – Vanuatu – COVID-19
In March 2022, the Government of Vanuatu requested medical assistance from the Australian Foreign Minister...
2022 – Solomon Islands – COVID-19
In late January 2022, the Solomon Islands Government declared an Emergency Zone around the capital...
2022 – Kalkarindji – Remote Northern Territory
The NCCTRC RRT deployed to Kalkarindji in February 2022 in support of the NT Government,...
2022 – Galiwinku – Remote Northern Territory
In late January, 2022, The NCCTRC RRT Senior Advisory Team provided a rapid assessment of...
2022 – Alice Springs Correctional Centre – Northern Territory
In late January, 2022, the RRT were deployed in response to a COVID-19 outbreak at...
2022 – Kiribati – COVID-19 rapid assessment
In February 2022, an AUSMAT Rapid Assessment Team deployed to assist the Government of Kiribati...
2021 – Papua New Guinea – COVID-19
In September 2021, Papua New Guinea suffered a surge in COVID-19 cases. The World Health...
2021 – Fiji – COVID-19
The Government of Fiji submitted a formal request for AUSMAT support in June, 2021. On...
2021 – West and Far West New South Wales – COVID-19
At the request of the Australian Government and New South Wales Health, two AUSMAT deployments...
2021 – India – COVID-19
In May 2021, an AUSMAT Public Health Expert deployed to India to support the Australian...
2021 – Timor Leste – Floods/COVID-19
The NCCTRC and AUSMAT have had a longstanding relationship with Timor-Leste and have provided medical...
2021 – Papua New Guinea – COVID-19
In April, another AUSMAT responded to assist the PNG government with specialist members to provide...
2020-21 – Tasmania – COVID-19
A small AUSMAT provided expert technical operational guidance and strategic advisory support to the Tasmanian...
2020 – Howard Springs NT – COVID-19 International Quarantine
With the commencement of repartition flights from China, India, United Kingdom, South Africa and North...
2020 – Papua New Guinea – COVID-19
An AUSMAT was activated in early August to assist the PNG with a rapidly escalating...
2020 – Victoria – COVID-19
The National Health Emergency Management Subcommittee (NHEMS) requested AUSMAT assistance to support the Victorian Government...
2020 – Remote Training – COVID-19
The NCCTRC facilitated regional and remote training across the NT, eastern WA and northern SA...
2020 – Northwest Tasmania – COVID-19
In April of 2020, between 4,000 and 5,000 Tasmanians were forced into two weeks of...
2020 – Fremantle WA – COVID19
In April, AUSMAT were requested to assist in quarantine of German based cruise ship in...
2020 – Japan – COVID-19
The Diamond Princess cruise ship anchored at the Yokohama port in Japan on February 3,...
2020 – Wuhan Evacuations – China – COVID-19
In February, the Australian Government authorised two evacuation flights from the epicentre of the COVID19...
2019-20 – Australia – Bushfire Emergency Response
Throughout the summer of 2019 into early 2020, catastrophic bushfires decimated large parts of Australia....
2019 – White Island NZ – Volcanic Eruption
On 9 December 2019, the volcanic White Island in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty erupted....
2019 – Samoa – Measles Outbreak
The Australian High Commission received formal requests for assistance from the Government of Samoa in...
2019 – Solomon Islands – Oil Spill
On 5 February, a bulk carrier with 700 tonnes of heavy fuel aboard ran aground...
2018 – Indonesia – Earthquake and Tsunami
On 28 September, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, resulting in a 1.5...
2018 – Thailand – Cave Rescue
On June 23, 12 young boys from a Thai soccer team and their coach became...
2018 – Papua New Guinea – Earthquake
The massive quake had its epicentre 10 kilometres west of the small town of Komo...
2018 – Tonga – Tropical Cyclone
A forward need assessment AUSMAT were deployed immediately after the cyclone in February to conduct...
2017 – Bangladesh – Diphtheria Outbreak
An AUSMAT assisted in strengthening health services within affected communities and worked with other international...
2016 – Fiji – Tropical Cyclone
In February, the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall in the Southern Hemisphere caused...
2015 – Nepal – Earthquake
AUSMAT deployed a needs assessment team to Nepal following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal...
2015 – Vanuatu – Tropical Cyclone
Regarded as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Vanuatu. A significant...
2013 – Philippines – Typhoon
One of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded smashed into the Philippines in November....
2013 – Solomon Islands – Dengue Fever Outbreak
Three AUSMAT assisted the National Referral Hospital in the Solomon Islands following a dengue fever...
2013 – Maningrida NT – Trachoma Outbreak
The centre for Disease Control worked alongside the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre...
2011 – Christchurch NZ – Earthquake
Just after midday on February 22, 2011, the magnitude-6.3 quake killed 185 people and injured...
