Triggers to activate Australian Government crisis coordination arrangements set out in this Framework may include:

• an event meeting the definition of a crisis above
• formal ministerial consideration of the crisis event(s)
• community expectations of national leadership during the crisis
• requests for assistance from affected states, territories or countries
• multiple crises occurring simultaneously or compounding and escalating in complexity which require national coordination, resource prioritisation and de-confliction.

This Framework and the Handbook set out a 4-tier model of crisis coordination to support the application of crisis management arrangements. The Handbook provides guidance on assessing the appropriate level of Australian Government crisis coordination within the context of the tiers model.