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Lismore flood survivors' efforts to build back better hamstrung by insurance, government payout rules

Lismore residents say their efforts to build back better are being hamstrung by rules around insurance claims and government payouts for flood-affected homes.

ABC News

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

Australia has set a goal of building a million new homes in the next decade, but new homes built to the national minimum standard are unlikely to be liveable in the aftermath of extreme weather events.

ABC News

One year on from Brisbane's devastating floods, many families are still living in limbo

Alysia Mann and husband Adam can't find a builder to begin construction and don't think the home will be finished for at least another year

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Luxury homeware firm Rowen Homes to open Metrocentre store

The company was launched by Pink Boutique founder Alice Hall and her husband Andrew less than three years ago

Birmingham Post

Emergency levy axing would save Hunter households 15 per cent on insurance

THE Insurance Council of Australia says Hunter households would save 15 per cent on their home insurance if the NSW government axed the Emergency Services Levy and found "a fairer way" to fund police, fire and related services.

Newcastle Herald

Insurance crisis deepens for homes, business and local councils in flood prone areas of northern NSW

Almost a year after the country's most costly natural disaster, the hardest-hit areas in northern New South Wales are grappling with a future where many homes, businesses and even local councils are uninsurable.

ABC News

Queensland homeowners who've never been flooded hit with steep insurance increases as effects of climate change and inflation kick in

A range of factors are leading to increased premiums across flood-affected areas, as insurers attempt to offset $5 billion in losses from the 2022 east-coast flood disaster and mitigate future disaster risk.

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In 2022, Australia smashed rain records while floods caused record insurance payouts

Records fell up and down Australia’s east coast as rains, floods and insurance payouts all hit new peaks. As we welcome back the sun to our lives in 2023, what should we do to prepare for the next big wet?

ABC News

After the floods: Eugowra awaits the insurance payouts that may not come

Central-west NSW residents left homeless by November’s devastation are still waiting for claims, with many uninsured against floods

The Guardian - AU

Postcode pricing hikes up home insurance costs for properties outside flood zones

Home owners across the country say hefty increases on their home insurance premiums are "inequitable" because they don't live on flood-prone properties.

ABC News

Just months before Lisa's home was destroyed by floods, her insurer refused to renew her policy

As extreme weather increases the threat to homes, insurance companies are hiking premiums to unaffordable levels or simply refusing to provide cover at all.

ABC News

Flood insurance premiums shock Alice Springs residents as inconsistent mapping blamed

Alice Springs residents in suburbs not traditionally considered flood zones are faced with increases of more than $6,000, as the Insurance Council calls for a centralised database of flood maps.

ABC News

City of Gold Coast mapping shows additional 88,000 properties at risk of flooding

The mapping shows many more properties than previously thought will be at flood risk in a "worst-case" weather scenario, prompting concerns over insurance premiums.

ABC News

35 under 35: our list of the North East's top young business talent

Our fourth list of the region’s top young entrepreneurs and public figures includes rising stars of technology, politics, retail and fashion

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Ukraine war prompts unprecedented response from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The war in Ukraine has prompted an unprecedented consular response from the Australian government, capping an immense workload for diplomatic officials dominated by health and geopolitical crises.

AAP

Insurers prepare for soaring climate cost

Insurers have written their own policy on going net zero as they brace for mega-losses from extreme weather events.

The Independent UK

Officer won't face charges in killing mentally ill Black man

A former police officer already imprisoned for one fatal shooting in a wealthy San Francisco suburb won’t face criminal charges in a second slaying

ABC News

Hundreds of Tasmanians lodge claims with insurance companies after severe floods

Tasmanians have begun assessing the damage from last week's devastating floods as hundreds wait to hear back from their insurance companies.

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The Independent UK

Train smashed into trolley at 123mph

The incident last October involved a Great Western Railway service from London Paddington to Swansea.

Daily Record

Strathaven futsal stars aim to shine in Spain at World Championships

The trio from Strathaven Dynamo came through trials at IFA Scotland and will represent their country

ABC News

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre tourists turn back as Level Post Bay's public track closed in peak season

Level Post Bay marks the deepest point of the lake when it fills, a prime destination for outback adventurers. But its public access route has been closed throughout much of the latest flooding event.

ABC News

Climate change, rising insurance costs, food security singled out in CSIRO megatrends report

The CSIRO's latest megatrends report, released every decade, says there has been a seismic shift in the challenges we'll face over the next 20 years, including climate change, geopolitics and artificial intelligence.

Manchester Evening News

37 Greater Manchester drug dealers locked up and off our streets for selling heroin, cocaine and crystal meth

They were all jailed for flooding communities with drugs

The Guardian - AU

‘Stark raving, barking mad’: experts question the building of homes below ‘worst-case’ flood levels in western Sydney

While state government cools slightly on once highly-touted developments, array of experts decry plans for any housing on floodplain

AFP

Thousands more flee as Sydney floods track north

Sydney (AFP) - Thousands of people on Australia's east coast fled their homes Wednesday as torrential rains tracked north after unleashing floods in Sydney that submerged communities, roads and bridges under mud-brown water.

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