Climate change

With disaster repair costs set to double by 2060, Australian councils are calling for fossil fuel companies to chip in

Local governments met in Canberra and were united in asking for the establishment a national Climate Compensation Fund.

Bass Coast Shire

Gippsland councils join national push to make fossil fuel companies pay for severe weather damage

Local governments are tasked with maintaining a third of the nation's infrastructure, which makes footing the bill for climate damage increasingly difficult.

Bass Coast Shire

How an El Niño event will impact Gippsland’s winter ski season

“If it's drier then you don't get snow, you get nothing.”

Environment

Should big polluters help local councils with the cost of climate change damage?

Bass Coast Shire's expenditure on coastal repairs is increasing, and it wants fossil fuel companies to cough up.

Bass Coast Shire

Budget blowouts and bankruptcy: Why this Gippsland council wants big polluters to pay up

Bass Coast Shire says it can’t be expected to continually fork out for damage caused by the fossil fuel industry.

Bass Coast Shire

Decade-old flood maps used for Sandy Point townhouse DA. What's the risk?

South Gippsland councillors were evenly split, with the mayor forced to use his casting vote to break the deadlock.

South Gippsland Shire

Is Gippsland prepared for rising sea levels?

Local councils around Victoria are set to overhaul their flood overlays to get a better idea of how the encroaching ocean will impede development.

Climate change

"We're going to have areas that are uninhabitable": How Wellington Shire is preparing for rising sea levels

More than 80 percent of Australia’s population lives on or near the coast, which is why local councils around the country are preparing for the increasing flood risks and surging tides.

Environment

“Every component of my life was attacked”: How misinformation generates fear and anxiety

The government says it wants to guard against false claims around renewable energy and climate change.

Farming

Silverleaves residents “praying for a mild winter”, free of storm surges

Nearly $3 million available to mitigate risk, but plans still on the drawing board.

Bass Coast Shire

“The heat we're experiencing now is not business as usual”: GP’s warning as mercury hits 48.9C in Victoria

Neerim South dairy farmer Dave Johnson said this is the driest summer he’s experienced in 40 years working the land.

Climate change

Sandbags, seawalls and supplies: Cash boost to prepare Gippsland for extreme weather

Bullock Island, Loch Sport and Silverleaves are among the recipients.

Climate change

As oceans warm, Gippsland’s road network suffers

Councils, already streets behind on repairs, will face greater bills.

South Gippsland Shire

Watch: Property values drop by $42 billion due to flooding

Out of the two million flood-prone houses across Australia, at least 70 percent have had their values reduced by water inundation risk.

Housing

“My house may well become uninsurable”: Gippsland homeowners come to terms with flooding reality

New research shows an increase in severe storm surges is lessening the value of Australian houses.

Environment

“We’re the guinea pig”: Phillip Island suburb on the frontline of rising sea levels

The Silverleaves shoreline has receded 77 metres since 1953 and erosion is accelerating.

Climate change

“It's quite a sobering scenario”: Gippsland bushfire season could come early this year

The swing between wetter and drier seasons is causing an increase in growth that could lead to more intense and frequent fires.

Bass Coast Shire

“It’s too dry to sow”: Gippsland farmers months behind schedule

With water catchments under strain and crop planting months behind schedule, anomalies in weather are shifting opinion in the agricultural community.

Farming

WATCH: Is Gippsland at the centre of an energy revolution?

The Monitor attended the Gippsland New Energy Conference in Traralgon this week to speak with community leadersabout the shift to renewables.

Energy

Bass Coast Shire forced to approve new builds despite risk of sea level rise and flooding

One councillor warned properties may be "uninsurable and underwater within our lifetimes”.

Bass Coast Shire

Inverloch Beach: Disappearing dunes, a sinking surf club and the sandbag solution

150,000 cubic metres of sand needed to try and save this section of Gippsland's coastline.

Environment

Councillor calls for urgent action before houses "fall into the ocean"

“People are dumb enough to build houses [that will] fall into the ocean”

Environment

Climate change

With disaster repair costs set to double by 2060, Australian councils are calling for fossil fuel companies to chip in

Gippsland councils join national push to make fossil fuel companies pay for severe weather damage

How an El Niño event will impact Gippsland’s winter ski season

Should big polluters help local councils with the cost of climate change damage?

Budget blowouts and bankruptcy: Why this Gippsland council wants big polluters to pay up

Decade-old flood maps used for Sandy Point townhouse DA. What's the risk?

Is Gippsland prepared for rising sea levels?

"We're going to have areas that are uninhabitable": How Wellington Shire is preparing for rising sea levels

“Every component of my life was attacked”: How misinformation generates fear and anxiety

Silverleaves residents “praying for a mild winter”, free of storm surges

“The heat we're experiencing now is not business as usual”: GP’s warning as mercury hits 48.9C in Victoria

Sandbags, seawalls and supplies: Cash boost to prepare Gippsland for extreme weather

As oceans warm, Gippsland’s road network suffers

Watch: Property values drop by $42 billion due to flooding

“My house may well become uninsurable”: Gippsland homeowners come to terms with flooding reality

“We’re the guinea pig”: Phillip Island suburb on the frontline of rising sea levels

“It's quite a sobering scenario”: Gippsland bushfire season could come early this year

“It’s too dry to sow”: Gippsland farmers months behind schedule

WATCH: Is Gippsland at the centre of an energy revolution?

Bass Coast Shire forced to approve new builds despite risk of sea level rise and flooding

Inverloch Beach: Disappearing dunes, a sinking surf club and the sandbag solution

Councillor calls for urgent action before houses "fall into the ocean"

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