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Luke Stock says it will take about three years to recover from last week's floods — the third time since 2011 his farm has gone underwater.

The death toll from the flooding disaster in southeast Queensland has risen to 12 after a man was found in a submerged car in Wondai.

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Lismore was probably the town most devastated by the Queensland and NSW floods, and it embodies the problem now facing Australia from climate change.

At the time Australia was colonised by Europeans, an estimated 180 mammal species lived in the continent’s northern savannas. The landscape teemed with animals, from microbats to rock-wallabies and northern quolls. Many of these mammals were found nowhere else on Earth.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said another round of financial assistance would be provided to flood-affected communities in NSW and Queensland.

Residents cleaning up their mud-soaked homes in Queensland and NSW say they have reached ‘crunch time’

Organisation urges all political parties to outline concrete steps on how to prepare for inevitable climate-fuelled disasters

Floods in Queensland and northern NSW have destroyed countless homes, and experts say Australia needs to adapt to climate change now.

The latest catastrophe will be further fuel for already rising insurance premiums and harder to obtain mortgages in areas most vulnerable to climate change.

Australian towns devastated by deadly flooding over the past week prepared for further intense weather Sunday, with expected downpours halting volunteer recovery and clean-up efforts. The national weather bureau warned of severe thunderstorms and major flooding in the state of Queensland, where 11 people died in the past week's floods,…