As Sydneysiders living on floodplains scramble for higher ground for the third time in four months, a call has been issued for the federal government to buy back flood-prone homes.
The latest floods have ¬endangered another $1bn in produce, threatening a new shock to food prices as the Reserve Bank eyes an interest rate rise today to tame rising inflation.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has warned there is a lot of work to be done before Australia’s AUKUS submarine plans can be approved.

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