Lisa Cox

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Josh Taylor |Lisa Cox

Heavy rain is predicted to hammer the mid-north coast of New South Wales until Friday morning, with “prolonged major flooding” expected to cause more difficulty and anguish for almost 50,000 people isolated by rising flood waters. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) senior meteorologist, Dean Narramore, said that any intense rainfall could lead to localised deadly flooding.

1 month ago | innereastreview.com.au | Lisa Cox

Before you think this doesn't concern you, take a moment to consider this: the World Health Organisation says that every one of us will experience disability - temporary or permanent - at some point in our lives. It could happen gradually, or in an instant. It might affect your mobility, your hearing, your vision, your cognition, your mental health, or all of the above. Disability is a reality for all of us not just for "them over there" - now or in the future.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Lisa Cox

Sussan Ley’s mother dies days after pair share moment that she will forever ‘treasure’Sussan Ley had returned to Albury to spend time with her mother, Angela Braybrooks, after winning the Liberal leadership ballot. Sussan Ley had returned to Albury to spend time with her mother, Angela Braybrooks, after winning the Liberal leadership ballot. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPSussan Ley’s mother has died days after her daughter became the first woman to lead the federal Liberal party.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

The native forest logging division of the New South Wales government’s forestry agency has posted a half-yearly loss of almost $15m, prompting renewed questions about the industry’s economic viability. The half-year report for 2024-25, tabled in the state’s parliament last week, shows the hardwood forests division lost $14.9m, which is $9m more than the agency had projected – taking the division’s total losses since 2020 to $87m.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Lisa Cox

A former magistrate and one of Australia’s most experienced scientists have launched an extraordinary attack on the New South Wales government’s logging agency, describing it as effectively a “criminal organisation” that should be shut down after a string of court convictions. Prof David Heilpern, a NSW magistrate between 1998 and 2020 and now the dean of law at Southern Cross University, said the state’s Forestry Corporation should be “disbanded” as it was was no longer fit for purpose.