Australia needs new laws to stop homes being built on floodplains and other disaster-prone areas, Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt says, with towns “paying the price” for poor development.
“What we need to do at a minimum is stop approving developments in areas that we know are going to flood,” Senator Watt said on Thursday.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
