Introduction by Croakey: The devastation wrought by flooding in communities throughout New South Wales and in Queensland last week was front page news in the early days. This week? Not so mu... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: First it was drought, then devastating bushfires, floods, a global pandemic, and now floods again. The toll of severe weather events will continue to grow as these... Read more
Disaster recovery efforts have much to learn from Indigenous healing approaches, including the importance of cultural safety, according to the authors below. This article, by Bhiamie William... Read more
The Climate Council’s new extreme weather report, Hitting Home: The compounding costs of climate inaction, finds that 2019-20 was a period of unprecedented fire events, killer heat, powerful... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Reporting on disasters has always been fraught for journalists, and the people and communities they report on – and these issues are likely only to intensify as we experience increasing disa... Read more
In a year that started with a bushfire crisis and is ending with a pandemic, the need to improve Australia’s response to natural disasters has never been more urgent. The Royal Commission in... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Climate health experts are concerned that the first Health Issues Paper released by the Royal Commission into last summer’s horrific bushfires does not mention climat... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: While there was deep criticism of the failure of the Australian Government, and particularly Prime Minister Scott Morrison, to show leadership during the 2019-20 bus... Read more
