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NSW parliamentary inquiry: Paid emergency crews should lead flood responses, not SES

A parliamentary inquiry is told control over major disaster responses should be handed to paid professionals, such as Fire and Rescue NSW, rather than the volunteer-driven State Emergency Service.

ABC News

Bomb Experts Bury Unexploded Missiles And Carry Out Controlled Explosion

This is the moment Ukrainian bomb experts bury a pile of unexploded missiles and military equipment and carry out a controlled explosion.

Zenger

New SES bases to be built in Lismore as part of $133m NSW budget boost

Extra funding comes after state government, SES and Bureau of Meteorology were criticised for response to region’s deadly floods

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NSW gives SES $133 million budget boost

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has moved to help the state better manage future natural disasters, earmarking almost $133m for the SES in next week's budget.

AAP

Thousands still without power in Tasmania's north-west after wild winds

Thousands of houses remain without power in Tasmania's north-west after damaging winds whipped through the area over the weekend, toppling trees and blocking roads.

ABC News

Lismore to get incident centre in more than $130 million funding boost for NSW SES

Lismore will get a new incident control centre in an effort to ramp up the NSW State Emergency Service's presence in the Northern Rivers in the wake of this year's devastating floods.

ABC News

Central Victorian residents fight insurers to rebuild houses one year on from Macedon Ranges storms

Winds up to 120kph sent roofs flying from buildings, trees crashing down onto cars and left some locals questioning whether they would make it out alive. For many, life is still not back to normal.

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Emergency Workers Douse Fires After Russians Bomb Residential Areas

This is the moment Ukrainian emergency workers extinguish a fire at a bombed house in Kharkiv Oblast following an alleged Russian attack.

Zenger

Thanks to the SES, a wonder we can't afford to take for granted

Email letters@newcastleherald.com.au or send a text message to 0427 154 176 (include name and suburb).

Newcastle Herald

Dandenong Ranges residents navigate insurance, building hurdles in storm recovery

A year after a massive storm swept through parts of Victoria, destroying 76 houses and damaging nearly 100 more, locals say only a handful of homes have been rebuilt, and there are concerns the telecommunication network remains vulnerable to future disasters.

ABC News

Tesla Battles For Top Battery Engineers As EV Competition Heats Up

As demand for EVs rises, it's not just chips and other supplies that are in short supply. Skilled engineers with the proper battery know-how are also limited.

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New South Wales public sector workers to strike, despite 3 per cent pay rise offer

About 30,000 public sector workers are expected to take part in a 24-strike on Wednesday, unless the New South Wales government revises its offer, their union says.

ABC News

Homeless Mullumbimby, Byron Shire flood victims and SES front NSW independent inquiry

Survivors have shared their experiences in this year’s Northern Rivers floods at a meeting in Mullumbimby.

ABC News

SA cleans up after weekend of wild weather, roads remain closed due to floodwaters

A man has been rescued from a car crushed by a fallen tree and a teenage girl has been saved from a fast-moving creek in the Adelaide Hills, with a number of roads across the city remaining closed due to floodwaters.

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Wild wet weather smashes Adelaide as emergency services work to clean up damage while bracing for more rain

Adelaide cops more than 46 millimetres of rain in the CBD overnight, making it the city's wettest 24 hours this year.

Newcastle Herald

Blown away: wind whips up more than 500 Hunter, Central Coast SES jobs

The State Emergency Service has had another busy night in the Hunter and Central Coast, with damaging winds causing calls for help to continue to roll in.

Newcastle Herald

SES bracing for another day of gale-force winds ripping through Hunter

The State Emergency Service is preparing for the possibility of another long night as wild winds up to 90km/h continue to hammer many parts of NSW, with just over half the calls for help across the state coming from the Hunter and Central Coast since Monday evening.

Newcastle Herald

Rug up for Newcastle's cold snap with frosty, damaging winds forecast

As the week kicks off with frosty strong winds, biting temperatures and some wet weather - the public wouldn't be blamed for thinking winter is already here.

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South Australia braces for severe weather with damaging winds, thunderstorms expected

South Australia is bracing for severe weather through Sunday night and into Monday, with damaging winds and heavy rainfall on its way.

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NSW Far west town of Menindee about to flood, but some wish it had happened much sooner

WaterNSW is about to increase water releases from Menindee Lakes, with warnings that up to 10 properties could be inundated along with some access roads.

ABC News

Sydney news: 'Overwhelming evidence' will clear mother's name, says peak body of scientists

MORNING BRIEFING: A peak body of scientists is confident a new public inquiry into NSW woman Kathleen Folbigg's convictions over her four children's deaths, will hear "overwhelming evidence" that will clear her name.

ABC News

Carnarvon SES unit transformed by leader Elsa Alston and search for Cleo Smith

Carnarvon's State Emergency Service unit has quadrupled in size in a matter of years, led by "the glue that holds us together" Elsa Alston. Ties were strengthened during the long and strenuous search for missing girl Cleo Smith last year.

Newcastle Herald

Watch AJ reunite with his SES rescuer Bluey

"[AJ] said his first word a few weeks ago and it was blue," AJ's mum Kelly said.

Newcastle Herald

A day to wear gratitude for people who volunteer to help save lives

It takes a special person to volunteer to put themselves in harm's way to help others.

The Guardian - AU

SES resourcing issues existed a year before latest NSW floods, review finds

Report into 2021 disaster finds problems with communications, staffing and flood plans at state’s emergency service

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