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Luke Coughlan, director of city growth, Warrnambool City Council.

The coastal Victorian city with ambitious plans but a big sea-rise problem

New sea baths and a raised boardwalk are among the features of a plan to transform the face of this city, but it comes as the threat from rising sea levels and coastal erosion looms.

  • Benjamin Preiss

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The tourist beach town where the ocean threatens a way of life

People have flocked to this coastal community for its pristine beaches for decades. Now the beach is being eaten away.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Is it time to retreat? Erosion comes right up to the seawall at Collaroy last August.

Climate change calls for managed retreat from beachfront properties

The desired beachfront property is in danger of extinction thanks to climate change, and we should retreat slightly inland to survive.

  • The Herald's View
Erosion due to wild weather at Wamberal Beach on the Central Coast of NSW in 2020.

‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?

Climate change is increasing the rate and severity of coastal erosion, leading some experts to call for a “managed retreat” from beachfront development.

  • Bianca Hall
Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

After four years in administration, the Central Coast Council is prioritising the environment, infrastructure and housing.

  • Nick Newling
Loch Sport.

‘Devastation on the foreshore’: Where coastal erosion has almost reached homes

They bought their slice of coastal paradise and forged lifelong memories in regional Victoria. Now, the water is threatening to engulf their dream homes.

  • Benjamin Preiss
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Erosion on the Lancelin foreshore.

Lancelin’s warning: Start relocating townsite by 2050 or risk flooding, report urges

One of the best known and loved coastal towns north of Perth will be simply beyond saving as sea levels rise, its shire reports after an exhaustive investigation.

  • Emma Young
Beach erosion at Narrabeen.

How La Nina shrinks Sydney’s beaches...and they recover

Scientists have found beaches along Australia’s south-east coast slim down by up to 20 per cent during La Nina climate cycles, and beef up again during El Nino events.

  • Ben Cubby
Barriers built in the attempt to stop coastal erosion at Loch Sport, Victoria.

Coastal communities cry out for state government action as sea levels rise

The government’s approach to planning for the impact of climate change on the coast is based on a 15-year-old document which has been long superseded.

  • Royce Millar and Benjamin Preiss

Sand survey may scupper Lindsay Fox’s bid for more beach at Portsea

Report that found dredging of Port Phillip Bay contributed to build-up of sand in front of Fox’s Portsea mansion could thwart billionaire’s plan to extend its boundaries.

  • Cameron Houston

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