Victoria’s move comes amid heightened attention to flood risk and insurance affordability nationwide. In Queensland, recent changes to flood mapping in Logan City have resulted in substantial premium ...

The City of Yarra mayor has lashed the government over the mapping, saying residents will bear the costs of inadequate infrastructure investment.

Vast areas of Darebin and Yarra council areas have been declared flood-prone as a new statewide risk rating system ascribes a ...

The Allan Labor Government's failure to act on flood preparedness has left more than 60,000 Melbourne homes exposed to flood risk, higher insurance ...

Ben Parkinson is proud of the five acres he calls home in south-east Queensland, but what is missing is the ability to ...

Flood victims confronted damage from a record deluge in eastern Australia on Friday, returning to find their homes caked in silt, cars half submerged and streets littered with debris. Four bodies have ...

Australia has drafted in emergency service teams from across the nation to help with clean-up operations after devastating floods in the eastern state of New South Wales. Almost 200 additional ...

Jeremy Porter is a professor of quantitative methods in the social sciences at the City University of New York. In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand ...

New research, based on forest fires in Australia, proves there is a significantly higher risk of large-scale flooding when ...