natural disasters

Housing development must stop on floodplains, the Prime Minister says, as governments pay $520 million to buy back land affected by catastrophic flooding in the NSW Northern Rivers.The buyback is the centrepiece of a $800 million package…

South Australia’s Riverland communities are bracing for potential flooding as the Murray River continues to rise, potentially affecting thousands of homes and farms.The state government has declared a major emergency, giving Police…

Residents in South Australia’s Riverland have been warned to prepare for floods in late December, with river modelling predicting flows unseen in the region for half a century.Premier Peter Malinauskas said a peak around Christmastime was…

By now, Aussies are used to, and quite frankly sick of, hearing about product shortages. The pandemic, conflict in Ukraine, floods and other natural disasters have seen their fair share of food victims, but there’s one recent veggie…

Christmas is just around the corner but one supermarket giant is already warning there could be shortages of some holiday favourites.Amid the cost of living crisis, supply shortages, a pandemic and new wave of cyber crimes, Aussies are…

The ocean is whipped up by Tropical Storm Nicole near Anglin's Fishing Pier on November 09, 2022 in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesHurricane Nicole snarled Florida travel Wednesday and was set to disrupt flights on…

NRMA Insurance has found unpaid help – ranging from volunteering to lending a hand during a natural disaster- has a $32 billion value to the Australian economy.It is a $2bn increase on the same survey undertaken by NRMA in 2021, according…

Cat Clifford, CNBC climate tech and innovation reporter, at Helion Energy on October 20.Photo taken by Jessie Barton, communications for Helion Energy, with Cat Clifford's camera.On Thursday, October 20, I took a reporting trip to Everett,…

A massive asteroid – almost as large as the world’s tallest building – will fly past Earth and be visible on telescopes in Aussie backyards.NASA has classified Asteroid 2022 RM4 as “potentially hazardous” due to its predicted path close to…

Sunrise co-host David Koch has grilled Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the new budget and accused the government of not delivering on two of its election promises. Mr Chalmers warned there would be “hard days to come” as he handed down his first…