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SBS Australia
26-05-2025
- Politics
- SBS Australia
SBS News in Easy English 26 May 2025
Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts . Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi. Bringing emergency supplies and medication is a focus for emergency services helping 14 flood-hit communities in New South Wales. About 32,000 residents are cut off from roads in the mid-north coast region, and crews have done more than 770 rescues. Five people have died in the floods. State Emergency Service Deputy Commissioner Daniel Austin says more than 300 properties are no longer able to be lived in. "Resupply and particularly medication is something that we've focused on very significantly over the last few days. There is a significant state-level plan to try and get resources back in where possible.' Today marks National Sorry Day and the start of Reconciliation Week in Australia. This year's theme is Bridging Now to Next - connecting the past, present and future. The day and week remembers the impact of government laws when as many as 1 in 3 Indigenous children were taken from their families, until the 1970s. These children have become known as the Stolen Generations. Heidi Tucker is the CEO of Anchor Community Care. "Aboriginal children are still 22 times more likely to be taken into the care of the state than non-Aboriginal children. Those are statistics that we need to change. What can we do now that bridges future goals and future outcomes for Aboriginal people. We need to commit to now and the future of reconciliation." A big shopping centre in Melbourne's north was shut down on Sunday afternoon, during a fight between around 10 people and some had knives. Police arrested two people and one person was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Victoria Police are still searching for all those involved. Superintendent Kelly Lawson says the meeting was planned between groups and this was not a random attack on shoppers. "There have been others identified and police are working through identifying the remaining gangs, as you know, Victoria Police has a focus through Operation Alliance in relation to our gangs, and we will know who these people are, and it will not take very long to go and arrest them." The International Committee of the Red Cross says the war in Gaza must end now, after two of their staff members were killed by a missile. Israel says it attacked the same area on Saturday. Ali Abu Hashem is a friend of the two Red Cross staff members who were killed. "What is the reason for assassinating them? What did they do? Words cannot express all this. Israel don't distinguish press or safety; they don't have any red lines." In cycling, Carlos Verona has won stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia. The 32-year-old from Spain has been cycling on the World Tour for 13 years. He says he did not expect to win the stage. "And actually, I was enjoying this Giro the most because it was the first one I didn't have the ambition maybe to win a stage, you know? Yeah, and then everything changed yesterday, like we lost Cicco. And today I said 'Okay, maybe I don't want to do it for me, but I have to do it for the team'. I only got one victory before; it was in the same situation - the day before we lost our leader. And today I was riding with my mind and my legs in them. And today I was fully with all my heart for this team." Isaac Del Toro is the overall winner - with one week left of the race. And that's the latest SBS News in Easy English.
Asharq Al-Awsat
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Australian Authorities Airdrop Supplies to Farmers Stranded by Floods
Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast. Recovery is under way in the mid-north coast region of Australia's most populous state after days of flooding cut off towns, swept away livestock and destroyed homes, Reuters reported. At least 10,000 properties may have been damaged in the floods, which were sparked by days of incessant rain, authorities estimate. About 32,000 residents remained isolated due to floodwaters, which were slowly starting to recede, the state's Emergency Services posted on the X platform. "The New South Wales government is providing emergency fodder, veterinary care, management advice and aerial support for isolated stock," state Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said in a statement. It said 43 helicopter drops and around 130 drops by other means had provided "isolated farmers with emergency fodder for their stranded livestock". At their peak, the floods isolated around 50,000 people, submerging intersections and street signs in mid-north coast towns and covering cars up to their windshields, after fast-rising waters burst river banks. Five deaths have been linked to the floods, the latest a man in his 80s whose body was found at a flooded property about 50 km (30 miles) from Taree, one of the worst-hit towns, police said. Taree sits along the Manning River more than 300 km (190 miles) north of state capital Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that conditions remained critical in flood-affected regions of New South Wales, as clean-up efforts began. Australia has been hit with increasing extreme weather events that some experts say are the result of climate change. After droughts and devastating bushfires at the end of last decade, frequent floods have wreaked havoc since early 2021.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Australian authorities airdrop supplies to farmers stranded by flood crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast. Recovery is under way in the mid-north coast region of Australia's most populous state after days of flooding cut off towns, swept away livestock and destroyed homes. At least 10,000 properties may have been damaged in the floods, which were sparked by days of incessant rain, authorities estimate. About 32,000 residents remained isolated due to floodwaters, which were slowly starting to recede, the state's Emergency Services posted on the X platform. "The New South Wales government is providing emergency fodder, veterinary care, management advice and aerial support for isolated stock," state Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said in a statement. It said 43 helicopter drops and around 130 drops by other means had provided "isolated farmers with emergency fodder for their stranded livestock". At their peak, the floods isolated around 50,000 people, submerging intersections and street signs in mid-north coast towns and covering cars up to their windshields, after fast-rising waters burst river banks. Five deaths have been linked to the floods, the latest a man in his 80s whose body was found at a flooded property about 50 km (30 miles) from Taree, one of the worst-hit towns, police said. Taree sits along the Manning River more than 300 km (190 miles) north of state capital Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that conditions remained critical in flood-affected regions of New South Wales, as clean-up efforts began. Australia has been hit with increasing extreme weather events that some experts say are the result of climate change. After droughts and devastating bushfires at the end of last decade, frequent floods have wreaked havoc since early 2021.
Reuters
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Reuters
Australian authorities airdrop supplies to farmers stranded by flood crisis
SYDNEY, May 25 (Reuters) - Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's southeast. Recovery is under way in the mid-north coast region of Australia's most populous state after days of flooding cut off towns, swept away livestock and destroyed homes. At least 10,000 properties may have been damaged in the floods, which were sparked by days of incessant rain, authorities estimate. About 32,000 residents remained isolated due to floodwaters, which were slowly starting to recede, the state's Emergency Services posted on the X platform. "The New South Wales government is providing emergency fodder, veterinary care, management advice and aerial support for isolated stock," state Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty said in a statement. It said 43 helicopter drops and around 130 drops by other means had provided "isolated farmers with emergency fodder for their stranded livestock". At their peak, the floods isolated around 50,000 people, submerging intersections and street signs in mid-north coast towns and covering cars up to their windshields, after fast-rising waters burst river banks. Five deaths have been linked to the floods, the latest a man in his 80s whose body was found at a flooded property about 50 km (30 miles) from Taree, one of the worst-hit towns, police said. Taree sits along the Manning River more than 300 km (190 miles) north of state capital Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday that conditions remained critical in flood-affected regions of New South Wales, as clean-up efforts began. Australia has been hit with increasing extreme weather events that some experts say are the result of climate change. After droughts and devastating bushfires at the end of last decade, frequent floods have wreaked havoc since early 2021.
The Guardian
22-05-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
Rain reprieve expected for north NSW after deadly flooding ‘smashed' communities
A reprieve from heavy rainfall is expected to arrive on the NSW mid north coast on Friday after three days of flooding, as authorities desperately search for a missing man with three people confirmed dead. Residents in the region are hoping for easing conditions on Friday after the NSW premier, Chris Minns said on Thursday flooding had 'smashed through' communities with 'levels of rise in local tributaries, creeks [and] rivers that we haven't seen since 1920'. 'Many people would have never seen this level of inundation or flooding in their communities,' Minns said. The bodies of three people have been found since the flooding: a man found in Rosewood likely in his 30s missing since Wednesday night, a 63-year-old man at a home in Moto, and a 60-year-old woman who was caught in flood water travelling from Sydney to Coffs Harbour in a 4WD on Wednesday night. A 49-year-old man who failed to come home after walking near a flooded road at Nymboida is still missing. The NSW State Emergency Service said on Thursday afternoon that 48,000 people still remained isolated by flood waters in the region. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, after rain of up to half a metre in some places since Sunday, there is expected to be a reprieve on Friday, as the coastal trough moves south towards the Victorian border. The bureau said conditions were set to ease during Thursday night, with rainfall shifting to parts of the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands. On Friday morning, heavy rainfall will extend further south to the Southern Tablelands and inland parts of the south coast. For the mid-north coast, there was expected to be isolated areas of heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding up until midnight, with six-hourly totals of between 60mm and 100mm of rain likely. As the system moves down the coast, it is not expected to have the same level of flooding, but up to 100mm of rain over 24 hours are expected in those areas. Major flooding is occurring on the Manning, Paterson, Hastings, Williams, Nambucca and Macleay Rivers. Renewed river rises were likely into the weekend, the NSW SES assistant commissioner Dean Storey said. 'Although rainfall may be reprieving in some areas, we haven't seen the end of renewed river rises in northern NSW and people should not become complacent,' Storey said. There were 149 active warnings on Thursday evening, with 37 at emergency warning, and 86 at watch and act. There had been more than 4,600 calls for assistance recorded, and 600 flood rescues utilising nine helicopters, 500 boats and ground crew. There were 2,500 personnel, including 2,200 SES workers, in the field. Telecommunications services had been affected by the flooding, but the NSW SES had been door-knocking residents in the affected areas. There are 15 evacuation centres open, including at Dungog, Gloucester, Taree, Wingham, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie. Emergency services personnel from Victoria were travelling to NSW on Thursday night to assist in the response, with 24 en route including staff from the Victorian SES, Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority. On Thursday evening, NSW police northern regions commander David Waddell announced the third reported death in the floods, which have been brought on by three consecutive days of rain. He said the woman, who was yet to be formally identified, was located in Brooklana, west of Coffs Harbour. Her family has been informed. Police earlier said a body, believed to be that of a man in his 30s missing since Wednesday night, was found near Rosewood on Thursday morning. The body of a 63-year-old man was found on Wednesday at a home affected by flood waters on North Moto Road at Moto. The 60-year-old woman had travelled with a police officer towards Coffs Harbour at 7pm on Wednesday night until they reached flood waters at Wild Cattle Creek Bridge. The officer was in a BMW sedan and could not continue. The woman was in a 4WD and decided to continue after the officer checked the water levels, Wardell said. The woman called 30 minutes later saying she was in trouble near Brooklana, but could not be located after a search. Her vehicle was found at 2pm on Thursday. Waddell pleaded with people not to enter the flood waters. 'It is a really dangerous, once-in-a-lifetime event, and there's been some tragedy surrounding this death, obviously, the police officer who spoke the woman is very traumatised, and we're wrapping support services around him.' The federal government activated disaster recovery allowance for people who live or work in the Kempsey, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Mid-Coast, Dungog local government areas, available from 2pm Monday 26 May. People who have lost income as a direct result of the event may be eligible for up to 13 weeks of income support for workers and sole traders. Claims can be made online through myGov or the myGov app. This is in addition to the joint federal and state disaster recovery funding available across 16 local government areas, which is administered by the NSW government. Mutual obligation requirements have been suspended for job seekers in the Hunter region and the mid north coast until 29 May. The federal government also said people who need to change or pause Centrelink debt payments can do so online or in the mobile app, or by calling 1800 076 07.
