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May

Milk prices to rise after floods and drought hit dairy land

The widespread flooding in NSW occurred at the worst possible time for dairy farmers, while drought conditions in Victoria and SA will compound limited supply.

Oyster farmer Brandon Armstrong inspects damage to his stock in Camden Haven following NSW floods.

Flooding devastates oyster harvest, dairy industry

Oyster farmers are bracing for millions of dollars in damage after this week’s flooding in northern NSW wiped out stock nearing a years-long harvest.

Nationals leader David Littleproud speaks to journalists in the press gallery at Parliament House.

Liberals-Nationals peace deal looms but Littleproud’s leadership under pressure

The Liberals agree in-principle to a set of watered-down policy demands by the Nationals; four die in NSW floods, 678 rescues made. Follow live updates.

Jodie Haydon and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the federal election campaign.

Parliament to return in July as PM prepares for spring wedding

Anthony Albanese will reconvene parliament on July 22; two people killed in a shooting at a Jewish museum in DC. How the day unfolded.

Robyn Doust and her dog Gypsy being rescued by NSW Fire & Rescue strike team alpha and bravo members and SES on the Manning River Drive near Taree in Purfleet, NSW. May 21, 2025. Photo: Kate Geraghty

Record floods strand 48,000 as insurers declare significant event

Flooded residents of coastal northern NSW have been warned to prepare for long periods of isolation after copping four months of rain in two days.

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March

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has called Donald Trump a "big bully".

Trump slams ‘weak and ineffective’ Malcolm Turnbull

Donald Trump has taken a swing at former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull; Bruce Lehrmann switches solicitor ahead of rape trial. How the day unfolded.

Locals checking out the flood levels in Lismore on Saturday.

In flood-prone Lismore, an all-too familiar grind

Business owners in the NSW Northern Rivers town are counting the cost of shutting down to prepare for another flood emergency.

October 2024

A Lismore street in March 2022.

How insurers failed when flooded customers needed them the most

A parliamentary report has made 86 recommendations to improve claims handling, calling for government intervention to stop new developments on flood plains.

April 2024

Bells Line of Road is still blocked off by flooding debris.

Floods prompt calls to revive dam wall plan

Residents in the Hawkesbury region experiencing their fifth major flood in two years are urging the government to reconsider a plan to raise Warragamba Dam.

Flooding in North Richmond near the Hawkesbury River on Saturday.

200 rescues but NSW floodwaters begin to subside

Queensland escaped forecast heavy storms on Sunday, but there are still dozens of warnings in place along rivers near Sydney.

January 2023

Flooding ravaged the town of Lismore in NSW’s Northern Rivers region.

Australia’s floods were fourth most costly global disaster in 2022

The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) estimates the East Coast floods were the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.

December 2022

Australian farmers have produced what shapes as their biggest ever wheat crop.

Aussie farmers produce record wheat crop amid food crisis fears

They are on track to export $72 billion in agricultural products in 2022-23 despite flood losses and waterlogging that has destroyed and stripped value.

Scott Morrison in parliament on Wednesday.

Letters: Some comfort in the censure

Scott Morrison censure motion; east coast gas reservation; every change isn’t reform; David Pocock’s IR bill role; insurance and climate-induced disasters.

November 2022

Debris sits piled up outside businesses affected by the floods in Lismore in March 2022.

East coast floods were Australia’s most expensive natural disaster

Devastating floods that swept NSW and Queensland earlier this year have eclipsed the 1999 Sydney hailstorm as Australia’s most costly weather event.

Severe flooding in the Lismore CBD in February.

‘We’re not moving’: Lismore mayor vows to keep CBD on flood plain

A NSW government inquiry estimated the region’s cleanup bill after the floods would hit $3 billion, but Lismore’s mayor says the bill is approaching $5 billion.

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The clean up begins at St Joseph’s Primary School in Eugowra after a flash flooding destroyed the town on Monday

New laws needed to stop building in disaster-prone areas: minister

Australia needs new laws to stop homes being built on floodplains and other disaster-prone areas, says federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt.

Flood waters in Forbes on Wednesday.

La Nina, flooding to crunch NSW farm output by 10pc

The value of NSW food and livestock production rose 23 per cent in 2021-22 to a record but recent flooding and continued extreme weather may do more harm than good.

Hundreds of thousands of megalitres being released from Wyangala Dam.

Farmers warn of Christmas cherry shortages after NSW flooding

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet urged the entire state to be on alert for flooding after months of persistent rain which has filled catchments across the state.

Premier Dominic Perrottet said 50 Australian Defence Force personnel would be deployed in Forbes.

NSW rivers hit 70-year peaks, Vic school evacuated in levee fears

Water was lapping behind shops in the NSW town of Forbes on Friday as stressed locals waited for the worst flooding in the central west NSW town in 70 years.

Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci.

Potato chips, cherries in short supply this season

Woolworths says wet weather has played havoc with availability of fruit and veg, but food prices should ease in the next quarter.

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