Category: Australian flooding

Communities the Front Line for Crisis Response, Not Military: Australian PM

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had moved as quickly as possible to help with the floods, but that no level of response was ever going meet the needs of a “1-in-500-year flood” event. In an interview with Nine Network, Morrison said the first response to emergencies always comes from…


Flood Victims Warned About Insurance ‘Claim Farmers’: State Minister

Queenslanders reeling from deadly flooding have been warned to be wary of “claim farmers” who often show up following disasters to assist with insurance claims. Claim farmers present themselves as firms offering “claims management services” and act as a middleman between claimants and their insurance company for a fee. The warning comes as severe flooding…