Disaster and Emergency Response

The State Control Centre, which responds to natural disasters like bushfires and floods, is to shed around two thirds of its full-time equivalent staff according to the Community and Public Sector Union.

Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.

Concerns have been raised about the competency of an elderly Indigenous woman facing a charge of unlawful wounding from 2024, after she was rescued and then arrested by police in Western Australia's outback this week.

Bushfires are occurring at a new level of ferocity across Australia. It could leave our volunteers overpowered.

A preliminary magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northern Japan early today, the US Geological Survey has reported, but there are no immediate reports of fatalities or damage.

A new AI tool will help Parks Victoria manage native and endangered species affected by natural disasters, including the summer bushfires, with the department making the technology available to everyone. 

The Viva Energy refinery provides about 10 per cent of Australia's fuel. Its chief executive, Scott Wyatt, chats to Alan Kohler about the company's future in the wake of the Geelong fire.

Residents near a large oil refinery fire have told a community meeting that initial information from emergency services was misleading and there was a lack of updates.

Residents in the Pilbara raise concerns over the state's warning system for cyclones following ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle last month. 

Flood evacuees from Daly River and Palumpa have been transferred from Darwin to the small town of Batchelor, where they could stay for months. Locals say they were not consulted before the town's population doubled overnight.

Heavy rain has triggered severe flooding and caused buildings to collapse, killing 45 people and injuring 74 in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past five days, with Kabul also warning of continued risks from bad weather as clashes with Pakistan continue.

South Australian emergency services conduct their largest mass casuality exercise in history in a bid to test coordination between agencies.

Kakadu residents whose homes have been submerged by roof-high floodwater said they feel like they've been forgotten, with evacuation centres and relief payments not made available to them.

Major flooding has eased along the Katherine River and the town has been spared further damage, while surrounding remote communities are starting to recover.

Residents in Katherine are bracing for the possibility of major riverine flooding today, which would mark the second significant weather event to rock the town in a month.

Exhausted residents in the Northern Territory town of Katherine are once again on alert as they prepare for further possible major flooding on Wednesday.

BOM is warning major riverine flooding could follow the "moderate to heavy rainfall" dumped across the NT by ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Audio recordings from New York's LaGuardia airport reveal an air traffic controller appearing to admit he "messed up" just moments after an Air Canada Express regional jet crashed into a fire truck, killing the pilot and co-pilot.

NSW Ambulance data shows women are 10 per cent less likely than men to receive CPR from a bystander in public, and 50 per cent less likely to get defibrillation .

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Narelle has left the Northern Territory after dumping more than 200mm of rain on the Top End overnight, but authorities have warned the emergency is "not over".