Micheál Martin affected the look of a man who suddenly had found himself involved in a carny sideshow as the president went a'wandering in his mind.

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a ...

Whether they just got lucky or their reliance on the manual paid off, our dam operators appear to have made all the right ...

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was ...

South East Queensland’s dam operator has doubled down on a decision not to release a single litre of water before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits, arguing this could make flooding worse.

Queensland, Australia, is grappling with a deadly outbreak of melioidosis, a rare bacterial infection that has claimed 14 lives following recent floods. The outbreak has raised concerns among ...

We’re not the only ones trying to stay out of flood waters.” 6. Don’t buy food that isn’t shelf-stable “Back in 2011 I remember going to the shops all the milk and bread was gone ...

Grab yourself a couple cans of fuel and stash them with it.” 3. Gumboots are more useful than sneakers in a flood “Buy some gumboots now if you don’t already have some. Brisbane gets muddy ...

Queensland established theirs after the Grantham floods in 2011, so they’re a good decade ahead of where New South Wales was. Lismore was New South Wales’ wake up call,” he said.

Queensland, and Victoria, which are the jurisdictions with the most high and extreme flood-exposed properties. It would deliver new critical flood defence infrastructure like new levees ($15bn ...