PM flags consideration of dedicated force for natural disaster responses amid climate crisis

Prime minister Anthony Albanese meets ADF personnel during a visit to the Gold Coast emergency management centre after the state’s devastating summer floods. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Anthony Albanese and the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, say a re-think of disaster recovery and flood mitigation may be needed due to climate change, with at least 26 homes inundated in the state’s flooding.

Across Victoria, 61 emergency warnings remained in place on Tuesday afternoon as Mooroopna and Shepparton, in the state’s north, brace for high and moderate flooding in the coming days.