Continuous improvement practices draw on learnings from evaluation of exercising and crisis events to identify opportunities for continuous improvement of crisis management plans and arrangements.

The Australian Government conducts evaluation of its crisis management activities to ensure lessons are identified and integrated into whole of Australian Government continuous improvement practices.

Within 12 months of Tier 3 or 4 crisis coordination no longer being required (because the crisis has ended or is now considered to be at a lower level), the Australian Government Coordinating Agency is required to conduct a whole of Australian Government evaluation.The Australian Centre of Evaluation, administered by the Treasury, may assist agencies to undertake evaluation activities.

The outcomes of the evaluation should be distributed across the Australian Government via the AGPG and reported to the CAC to ensure identified lessons are integrated into continuous improvement processes managed through the CAC.