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title: Flood survivors vent ire at PM 's crisis inaction and support for coal and gas
description: Residents of flood-ravaged Lismore have berated Scott Morrison over the absence of government support in their hour of need.
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# Flood survivors vent ire at PM 's crisis inaction and support for coal and gas
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Residents of flood-ravaged Lismore have berated Scott Morrison over the absence of government support in their hour of need, gathering where he planned to stage a press conference and urging him to take stronger action on climate change and end his support for the coal and gas industries that are fuelling the climate crisis.
In Ukraine, the country’s deputy prime minister has warned that the world faces a potential nuclear catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after shelling cut power to the cold war relic
And scientific evidence of sharks sleeping has been documented in Australia for the first time.
['Everywhere you look is carnage': Lismore residents blast federal government's flood response](https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/lismore-community-blasts-too-slow-government-flood-assistance-as-scott-morrison-visits-northern-nsw/iq16gqjpw)
Community members in Lismore have lashed out against the federal government over what they feel is a delayed response and recovery efforts in the wave of devastating floods.
[NSW, Queensland floods ‘on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-03-10/floods-nsw-queensland-climate-change-worst-ever-natural-disaster/100894956)’
The ongoing floods in Queensland and New South Wales are on track to be one of Australia's worst-ever natural disasters. And if this news isn't bleak enough, we can expect more extensive and more frequent flooding as climate change intensifies.
[In a disaster zone on the frontline of the climate crisis, the PM resorted to self-serving pontification](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/10/passivity-and-blame-shifting-scott-morrison-brings-his-signature-crisis-skills-to-lismore)
Scott Morrison was prepared to acknowledge some realities when he arrived in Lismore on Wednesday. But there was also plenty of passivity and blame shifting, which are Morrison’s core crisis characteristics.
[Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister warns of potential Chernobyl disaster due to power cut but IAEA says situation is not critical](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/ukraine-deputy-pm-chernobyl-power-cut-concerns/100897350)
The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Iryna Vereschuk, has told the ABC's 4 Corners that the world faces a potential nuclear catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power station after shelling cut power to the Ukrainian plant.
[Sleeping with fishes: Australian scientists discover some sharks do need their shut-eye](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/10/sleeping-with-fishes-australian-scientists-discover-some-sharks-do-need-their-shut-eye)
Scientific evidence of sharks sleeping has been documented in Australia for the first time. A team of scientists has observed sleep in draughtsboard sharks, a bottom-dwelling species endemic to Australia, by analysing the animals’ metabolism and posture.
[Origin Energy ramps up green power plans to prepare for coal’s early exit](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Fcompanies%2Forigin-energy-ramps-up-green-power-plans-to-prepare-for-coal-s-early-exit-20220309-p5a30x.html&uId=5a778e7a00aa2026a265262c&cId=5a71496272d9dc241933e61d&contextId=6228f9a1f71daa7ec29bd735&dId=kSXFjlAebGEA6AVz407aYUj4wUo&op=open&sentiment=N&isHosted=false&id=3628643&name=Coal%20(Print%20and%20Online)&type=search&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5icmlzYmFuZXRpbWVzLmNvbS5hdSJ9.Q8Ey-mPNLMwLmFbh44eEcZ0Fhfq1qwkEYqP28x62XOaAoUdJdxVqRmR40OYw1PV5rKtaXnk0t55qzLKAWeN7vA&s=mail-digest)
Origin Energy chief executive Frank Calabria has scaled up the company’s plans for large-scale clean energy projects to partially replace the capacity set to be withdrawn when Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station closes up to seven years early.
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