Experts say city’s expansion has put more people at risk because homes are being built on flood-prone land. “If we continue to build in highly flood-prone areas … it will get worse, because we’ve got more homes at risk of flooding, and it’ll also get worse because we’re going to have more impervious surfaces so get more flash flooding and …
Flood waters have inundated Judy White's home in north-west Sydney three times in four months. Climate expert James Pittock, a professor in environment and society at the Australian National University's Fenner School, said Mr Diemert shouldn't be looking for a private buyer. One solution the NSW government believes could help the area is raising the wall at Warragamba Dam — …
An Australian National University review into the environmental water flow agreement for the Snowy River has found the annual target has not been reached once in its 20-year history. Key points: One of the report's authors says the lack of a single agency being responsible for meeting the targets is a major problem Advocates say the agreement is complicated and …
It might be the biggest whodunnit — or what-dunnit — in Australia. For the first time, they provide evidence that the Murray-Darling Basin Plan — the most expensive environmental program in Australia's history — is delivering much less water than was expected. "It's a huge discrepancy to be missing a fifth of the water that's meant to be in the …
