Australia has recorded its highest number of cases of the tropical bacterial infection melioidosis, which is thought to have been triggered by major rainfall and flooding. The outbreak has placed ...

Last week, in the midst of a damaging cyclone and renewed flooding, New South Wales Labor Party Premier Chris Minns went on Sydney 2GB radio to announce the demolition of previously water-wrecked ...

NSW's Northern Rivers may have "dodged a bullet" when ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred caused less flooding than expected, but data shows some places were just centimetres from a much worse outcome. As ...