Australia News Live: Labor's Social Media Changes to Go Before Senate; Joyce Flounders Under Pressure to Clarify One Nation's Superannuation Proposal The Australian government's response to the intensifying El Nino climate phenomenon has been inadequate.
The increasing threat of flash droughts, which can decimate agricultural productivity and devastate rural communities, is a stark reminder that more needs to be done.
Unlike creeping droughts that slowly drain reservoirs over months or years, flash droughts are explosive events that can have far reaching consequences.