“Having made mistakes in the past as to where we have put dwellings, let’s not build any more houses for people to live in flood-prone areas… That’s a message that’s very difficult, with development pressures happening for governments to deal with. We need to get smarter about how to do that.”
Ian Dinham in: Elouise Farrow-Smith & David Claughton “Floodplain Management Australia conference sees experts call for smarter town planning” ABC May 24, 2023
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