The next stage will focus on assessing the potential risk to The Basin, Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully and Lysterfield.
Councils maintain a third of Australia’s infrastructure and say footing the repair bill is increasingly difficult.
“They kind of rained out of the wall, like a waterfall.”
“That sound of a freight train never leaves you.”
“It just seems illogical to have something in place that you have to keep rebuilding every time you have a major disaster.”
"Homeowners can very easily make their homes sustainable."
“The more the green cover, the lower the heat.”
MPs are investigating false claims around renewables and weather trends.
“We’ve got to be agile and optimise where we can because we're dealing with this changing environment.”
“My biggest fear about Australia is that we're becoming less and less insurable.”
Residents in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges have had to live under the spectre of bushfires for decades, but is it worth the stress and health risks?
A recent study showed buildings have contributed to Melbourne’s maximum temperatures being four degrees higher than surrounding regions.
