BellingenNSW<p>Out there on the frontline of the disaster zones: </p><p> "This is climate-fuelled precipitation … rivers falling from the sky, rain bombs, annual rainfall in two nights and this is the new world we live [in]."</p><p>And Australia has no national climate adaptation plan.</p><p>"Approvals for fossil fuel projects need to stop, and a national disaster plan is needed. Scientists and politicians are warning big policy shifts are needed to mitigate extreme weather impacts, following what farmers describe as unprecedented flooding in the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last month." <br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-06-05/climate-change-linked-to-floods-extreme-weather-nsw/105353550" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-06-</span><span class="invisible">05/climate-change-linked-to-floods-extreme-weather-nsw/105353550</span></a></p><p>Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. <br>Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch<br>"The science is clear: no fossil fuel projects can be opened if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change." <br>>><br><a href="https://theconversation.com/woodsides-north-west-shelf-approval-is-by-no-means-a-one-off-here-are-6-other-giant-gas-projects-to-watch-257899" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/woodsides-</span><span class="invisible">north-west-shelf-approval-is-by-no-means-a-one-off-here-are-6-other-giant-gas-projects-to-watch-257899</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MidNorthCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MidNorthCoast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RainBombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RainBombs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a></p>