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By PHILIP HOPKINS   AS of January 1, Gippsland’s hardwood industry is now largely gone, with harvesting of timber from […]

As the painstakingly slow recovery continues for flooded communities across parts of Australia, a land management group says it's possible to take more than 2 metres off the flood peak by slowing the flow of water across the landscape.

The flood that destroyed much of Lismore has exposed a historic failure of government at all levels which made the disaster a near certainty.

A CSIRO research project recommends a comprehensive flood warning network after catastrophic failures during last year’s disaster.

A 2016 study of over 1 million hectares burnt by wildfire in the 2003 fires in Victoria, showed that fire severity across the landscape was driven by weather conditions, slope aspect, fuel levels, atmospheric stability, and the scale of the fires.

'How is it that Lismore, one of the most flood-prone towns in Australia, can be so ill-prepared and so badly affected by floods this year?' By Jerry Vanclay.

It’s no wonder people in Lismore are confused. Can they stay put and rebuild, confident the government will stop flood devastation? Or should everyone at low elevation – including all businesses in the town centre – move? The city’s 44,000 people need clarity.

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