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They may be termed cities, councils, regions, shires, towns, or other names, and all function similarly. Local government areas cover around 90 per cent of the nation. Significant sections of South Australia and New South Wales are unincorporated, that is, have no defined local government, along with the ACT and smaller sections of Northern ...
The 2022 eastern Australia floods were one of the nation's worst recorded flood disasters with a series of floods that occurred from late February to early May in South East Queensland, the Wide Bay–Burnett and parts of coastal New South Wales.
The 2022 south eastern Australia floods are a series of floods that have occurred in south-eastern Australia [nb 1] since October 2022. [6] Some towns experienced the highest river peaks in decades, [ 7 ] and many places saw rivers peak multiple times.
Hundreds of people have been rescued from floodwaters that have isolated dozens of towns in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales and forced thousands to evacuate their homes as record ...
$200m AUD estimate in Western Australia [73] [74] Significant damage to the towns of Northampton and Kalbarri in Western Australia with 70% of homes sustaining damage or destruction. [72] 2022 Cyclone: Cyclone Seth: 2 [75] 2022 Flood: 2022 eastern Australia floods: 28 $4,800,000,000 2022 Flood: 2022 New South Wales floods: 1 $379 million (2022 ...
Wittenoom is a former town and a declared contaminated site, 1,420 kilometres (880 mi) north-north-east of Perth, in the Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The declared contaminated site comprises 46,840 hectares (115,700 acres), [ 5 ] making it the largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere, an ...
The Global Liveability Ranking is a yearly assessment published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ranking 172 global cities (previously 140) for their urban quality of life based on assessments of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
>$379 million (2022 USD) [1] Heavy flooding broke out in the Central Coast and Sydney areas of New South Wales , Australia , beginning in early July 2022. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities.