We’ve all heard ‘build back better’, but do our leaders really know how to do it?
The ultimate goal of building back better is to make communities stronger and more resilient following a disaster. This is a challenging task that requires a systematic rethinking of how we create the places we live in now – and how we want to live in the future.
“Forget the modesty”: Buy From The Bush founder on $10 million in sales and her advice for aspiring business owners
As swathes of inland Australia pick up the pieces from consecutive flood disasters, there's never been a more important time to Buy From The Bush.
Why the BOM’s attempt to rebrand itself as the Bureau was a marketing disaster
In a week where we have seen two deaths and thousands of people displaced by floods, the Bureau of Meteorology has got its timing badly and critically wrong.
Explained: The disaster support available to SMEs affected by flooding in NSW and Queensland
With small businesses in NSW and Queensland bracing for more rain, flooding and thunderstorms this week, here's what we know so far about what support is available.
Flooded businesses file average insurance claim of $71,000, peak body says, as insured losses grow to $5.1 billion
The devastating floods which afflicted northern New South Wales and southeast Queensland in February and March this year have officially become the second-costliest weather event in Australian insurance history.
“There are 10 towns that could be another Lismore in the next few years”: Insurance experts on how SMEs can protect their business
The government is spending 3% on mitigation and 97% on cleanup after natural disasters, according to Andrew Hall, chief executive of the Insurance Council of Australia.
Union wants JobKeeper for NSW businesses damaged by floods
Unions NSW secretary Mark Morey said a fortnightly payment of $1500 should be resurrected and given to employers wherever an emergency declaration has been made.
Morrison confirms more disaster relief payments for NSW flood victims
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared a national emergency, announced a further two disaster payments for people in the worst flood-affected areas of NSW and apologised that “no amount of support is going to measure up”.
Blame game continues over flood failures as government relief starts to drip in
In Lismore, the epicentre of the tragedy in NSW, there’s a feeling of being abandoned by both the state and federal governments, which have delivered inadequate support too late.
Families and businesses are struggling in the floods, while our elected leaders pass the buck
Volunteers and community members are doing an exceptional job in supporting relief efforts, but their fatigue is setting in fast, and calls for greater ADF support seem to be going unanswered.
Flooding nearly killed Mullumbimby, but the community is banding together to keep it alive
"Mullumbimby is the kind of town you want to be part of when there’s a crisis," writes Fleur Brown in a first-hand account of the flood recovery in NSW.
To the business owners: The world is uncertain, but you can’t pour from an empty cup
It's okay to pause your business during the constant upheaval at home and around the world, writes Odette Barry, but it's okay to push ahead too.
