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Could the wall come tumbling down? Fate of Melbourne Cup racetrack flood wall uncertain
A parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 floods found the flood wall around the Flemington Racecourse raised water levels in the Maribyrnong river and slowed the passage of the flood's peak.
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Report finds SES west’s flood heroes are under resourced and underfunded
The state government has been called to urgently support the SES, who are responding to more and larger emergencies while lacking volunteers and resources.
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Flood warning service updates for Maribyrnong ‘underway’
The EPC report found residents along the Maribyrnong did not receive enough warning when the area was in danger of flooding.
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Government to give future floodplain advice
Two recently released reports found that currently floodplain modelling needs updating.
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Rivervue planning decision in Ombudsman’s sites after govt report
Government planning decisions leading to the go-ahead for Rivervue Retirement Village lacked transparency, a report into 2022’s Maribyrnong River floods has found.
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Up on stumps: raising and retrofitting for flooded homes, but no buybacks
Rather than buying back properties flooded along the Maribyrnong River in 2022, the EPC report recommends a resilient house scheme that would retrofit affected properties to avoid future risk.
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Victoria University investigates cracking problems for houses in the west
With the aim of gaining an understanding of the seasonal changes of soil behaviour below foundations, our team constructed a fully instrumented model waffle-raft foundation on a highly reactive site in Sunshine North.
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Tree vandals strike at Newport Lakes nature reserve
After 30 years of the community working together with Hobsons Bay Council, some of the more mature trees along with some samplings have been vandalised.
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