Devastating floods that have submerged cities and towns in Queensland and New South Wales and triggered thousands of insurance claims are stoking criticism of the Australian government’s stance on climate change.
The wild weather, described by meteorologists as a “rain bomb”, moved south from Queensland over the weekend and has claimed seven lives and flooded 18,000 homes.
The flooding is the latest in a series of natural disasters to hit Australia in recent years that included bushfires in 2019 and the bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, and has piled pressure on Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government to tackle climate change more robustly.
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