Australia's housing crisis has created a push for fast-tracked construction. Federal, state and territory governments have set a target of 1.2 million new homes over five years. Increasing housing ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Floods and natural disasters that hit all but one Australian state and territory in 2022 cost the economy A$5 billion ($3.48 billion) and stoked inflation according to Treasury ...

Australia is considering setting up a disaster relief force to help the military cope with regular natural disasters. The plan was suggested Tuesday by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as ...

In a disappointing move, Australia’s long-anticipated defense review rejects disaster response as a priority defense mission. For a military entity that operates in a geologically active, ...

NEW DELHI, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the recent report by MarkNtel Advisors, the Australia Disaster Restoration Services Market size was valued at around USD 898 million in 2024 and ...

In late 2019 and early 2020, a series of devastating wildfires, known as the “black summer” bushfire disaster, left Australia reeling: More than 20% of the country’s forests burned. As a scholar of ...

Australia is developing a technology platform to help reduce the number of insurance claims triggered by a natural catastrophes, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. The Australia Disaster Management ...

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

A man stands near his friend's ruined house after Cyclone Yasi passed the northern Australian town of Tully February 3, 2011. REUTERS The Australian government's support has slipped to dangerously low ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia’s history. Wind speeds ...