Lismore rebuilds a year on after devasta...

The World Today examines the events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians. 

Despite the creation of tens of thousands of new jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 4.1 per cent in January. 

The latest official data shows a slowdown in the growth of pay packets.  

Two years after the flooding, the Lismore community is still working to rebuild and recover from the costliest natural disaster on record. 

As parts of New South Wales prepare to be possibly cut off by floodwaters, the federal government is shaking up its emergency management system 

Recent floods in eastern Australia have caused devastating losses of life and livelihoods. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis visits southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales where the damage bill from torrential rain is said to be in the billions of dollars. Climate change means n ... Show More

Flood-ravaged areas across NSW have been declared natural disaster. 

A potential offshore wind farm has caused controversy with fishers at Port MacDonnell in the states South East, Menindee residents are returning to their flooded homes in far west NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's latest report was highly critical of New South Wales fo ... Show More