The question of who or what is at risk from natural disasters is of particular importance to emergency planners in Queensland, as one of Australia’s most disaster-prone prone states. Flooding, cyclones, and storms have taken 43 lives and cost approximately $14 billion in government-funded disaster recovery and relief over the past 7 years. A new ‘redi’ (Risk Evaluation and Disaster Information) portal, developed by the Public Safety Business Agency with funding from the Natural Disaster Resilience Program, will provide consistent planning and intelligence data to a complex network of government and not-for profit organisations responsible for mitigating these impacts. This new data warehousing and analytic toolbox will allow disaster managers to profile vulnerable communities and infrastructure to determine who is best placed to effectively plan for and mitigate these potential impacts. Drawing on National Emergency Risk Assessment Guidelines and quantitative demographic and spatial data, the new system allows stakeholders to quickly identify highly exposed populations, undertake pre-event planning, and prioritise alternative treatment risks for natural disaster “hot-spots”. The redi-portal is developed using an amalgam of readily accessible geographic information system, database and data visualisation technologies in a secure cloud computing environment. Building from an assessment of bushfire risks and cyclonic storm tide, the system will be expanded to include other natural hazards and tools needed to address related disaster planning issues, such as emergency management capability. The redi-portal is ideally suited to support the collaborative approach to disaster management in Queensland, led by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services under guidance of the Office of the Inspector General Emergency Management.