More information has been uncovered to show how extreme weather events - such as the 2011 Queensland floods - impact the…
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The last few years provided plenty of data to help us reform our approach to floods. With devastating flooding in Queensland and Victoria in 2011 and 2013, we should have learned a great deal about which…
Queensland towns and suburbs have been hit by floods again. Flooding is not a rare event here and most residents are not surprised by the recurrence of floods. But the memory of the 2011 floods is still…
As dozens of bushfires continue to burn across the country (not least in New South Wales) many Australians find themselves unable to return home while many others have no home to return to. While we all…
The decision of an Italian Court to convict six scientists and one government official of manslaughter for the failure to predict the magnitude of a devastating earthquake in L’Aquila in central Italy…
Today marks a year since flooding devastated south-east Queensland. Research has shown that some of the worst effects of the floods were due to poor land-use planning. Since the floods, residents of the…
Neighbours are a source of growing aggravation in Australia and we are lodging more official complaints about each other than ever before. Excessive noise or odour, inadequate levels of property maintenance…
Real-time data from a major urban flood event has been captured and reported for the first time. When the Brisbane River…
Victims of the Queensland floods who received emotional support in the aftermath were less likely to have experienced depression…
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, Head of the Department of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Disaster Resilience and Recovery, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Risk Scientist, Risk Frontiers Natural Hazards Research Centre, Macquarie University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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