On Thursday 14th of September, Good Ancestors is running an online workshop to help you draft submissions to a Government consultation on disaster prevention and preparedness. Good Ancestors will present for half an hour about the opportunity and provide materials that help you prepare a submission. The submissions will be short, non-technical, and quick to write. The event is a self-contained 90 minute session and will include the context and materials you need; no homework before or after!

As Dr Andrew Leigh MP, the current Charity Minister, argues in his book “What’s the Worst that Could Happen?”:

"Existential risks aren’t trivial. If there’s a one in six chance that humanity could be wiped out in the coming century, that means that the typical Australian is fifteen times more likely to die as a result of a species-ending catastrophe such as nuclear war than to be killed in a car crash."

For those who have been to previous Good Ancestors events, the intent of this is a single online session to produce targeted submissions that reinforce our key points. The intent is a faster turnaround and less technical product than the work on philanthropy or AI safety that you might be familiar with.

You can read the Government's paper: https://apo.org.au/.../resource.../2023-08/apo-nid323832.pdf

and Good Ancestors' draft response if you’re after more context: https://docs.google.com/.../1uJAXxPrjdejkLiwT4KTPEx6.../edit