Coastal Shield: where the $9bn will go
Forty-one flood-risk districts are ranked for early works. We chart where the barriers, pumps and raised levees will go — and when.
Coastal Shield bill clears final vote, sending $9bn to flood defences
Ministers hail a “generational upgrade” to sea walls, pumping stations and river barriers after the longest sitting in the Assembly’s modern history. Opposition parties back the plan but demand quarterly spending audits.
Aldenne farmers ask where Coastal Shield leaves the valley
Inland communities on the flood-prone lower river say the bill’s coastal focus risks leaving upstream defences to a later parliament.