Push for improved building standards as increased risk of extreme weather events wreaks havoc on Australia's housing stock

Experiments conducted using a "non-fortified" house compared to a "fortified" house showed how the two structures fared in an extreme weather event inside a test chamber.

Modern buildings are meant to last 50 years. And, this decade, the nation has set a goal of building a million new homes — trouble is, as things stand, they won't be future proof.

New homes built to the national minimum standard are unlikely to be liveable in the aftermath of extreme weather events — floods, fire, heatwaves, cyclones — linked to a changing climate.