The Guardian • floods
Issue #2014
Flood, fire and famine
The 2022 Eastern Australian floods were one of the nation’s worst recorded flood disasters, destroying large parts of Southeastern Queensland and Northeastern NSW. The flooding...
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Issue #2001
A reflection on climate change in Western Australia and New South Wales
On the 4th of March 2022, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan finally relented on his state’s “hard border” which protected its residents from COVID, and...
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Issue #2018
Listen to the science! State of the environment report
During the 2019-2020 bushfires thirty-three lives were lost, more than seven million hectares were burnt, more than 3,000 home destroyed. In the most recent floods,...
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Issue #1998
The floods are rising and so are we
While thousands of people across South-East Queensland and northern New South Wales have been left devastated by the unanticipated extreme flooding event, which has destroyed...
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Issue #2025
Good planets are hard to find
La Niña event is under way for the third year in a row according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The Pacific, including Australia, can expect...
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Issue #2029
Australia: The big polluter
Australia is the world’s largest gas and coal exporter. There are currently 114 new or expanded fossil fuel projects awaiting approval. In 2021-22, governments in...
Read moreNSW floods not a single story
In late March, floods covered 600 km along the NSW coast with tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. This event has been referred to in the media as a once in a 100-year event.
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Issue #2055
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SERBIA: Last week Alexander Vucic, Serbia’s president, put the army on high combat alert over Kosovo clashes. The troops moved to the administrative border with...
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Issue #2065
FUND PUBLIC HOUSING!
The housing crisis continues to deepen with an estimated shortfall of 640,000 houses. Recent interest rate rises are still to take their toll on home...
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