Home affairs warned Australian government of growing climate disaster risk after May election

The government was warned by the Department of Home Affairs after the May election that Australia faced more frequent and severe heatwaves and bushfires, and that livelihoods would be affected without effective action on climate change.

Home affairs warned Australian government of “more
frequent and severe heatwaves, bushfires, floods, and cyclones”.

The department’s incoming government brief to the home affairs minister, Peter Dutton, warned of “disasters” exacerbated by climate change.

“The physical effects of climate change, population growth, and urbanisation mean that without effective action more Australians’ livelihoods will be impacted by disasters into the future and the cost of those disasters will continue to grow,” the brief stated.

Read the story from The Guardian by Josh Tayor - “Home affairs warned Australian government of growing climate disaster risk after May election.”