More than a year after the record 2022 deluge,the scheme has attracted interest from 60 per cent more homeowners than expected.
The advice from the federal Agriculture Department to minister Murray Watt contradicts Queensland government data,further complicating trade negotiations with the European Union.
The timber industry has warned there could be a shortage of hardwood in Australia,but the federal government has backed the continued export of timber from native forests and plantations.
An instant message will be sent to all the mobile phones within a local government area,or within a one-kilometre radius,even if people had not signed up for alerts.
More Australians may need to be paid to assist with flood and bushfire recovery,after the emergency management minister calls for a reduction in the military’s role.
Australian soldiers are now responding to natural disasters so often that an entirely new branch of the Defence Force may be needed,Senator Jacqui Lambie says.
Raids at numerous locations across the state came after a biosecurity officer saw a box of turtles during a routine inspection.
Australians are being made to wait up to a year for new cars after the number of vehicles held up at Australian ports over biosecurity threats almost doubled.
Federal emergency management minister Murray Watt says the prioritisation of bushfire grants to Coalition seats in NSW was a decision of state cabinet.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt is jetting off for crucial trade talks as the EU passes tough new environmental standards.
Business groups have called on the government to urgently clarify details of restrictions on travellers from China due to start on Thursday.