Tag: natural disasters
Drinking water can be a dangerous cocktail for people in flood areas
Image: AAP/Darren England
Parts of south east Queensland and northern NSW have been experiencing what has been called a “rain bomb”. Despite the heavy falls,...
‘They lost our receipts three times’: how getting an insurance payout can be a full-time job
Picture: AAP Image/BIANCA DE MARCHI
As thousands of homes remain underwater in what appears to be yet another historic flood event in New South Wales,...
Underinsurance is entrenching poverty as the vulnerable are hit hardest by disasters
AAP Image/Supplied by DFES, Nikki Woods
More than 70 homes were destroyed by bushfires in Western Australia this week, leaving those affected facing enormous costs. After disasters...
No food, no fuel, no phones: bushfires showed we’re only ever one step from system collapse
Bushfires reveal a story we need to hear.
Picture: Australian Navy
This summer’s bushfires were not just devastating events in themselves. More broadly, they highlighted...
Australia needs a national crisis plan, and not just for bushfires
Bushfires aren’t the only catastrophic emergency Australia
is likely to see. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
Calls are growing for a national bushfire plan, including from former...