Governments love to talk about 'shared responsibility' in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means?
- Written by Rowena Maguire, Associate professor, Law School, Queensland University of Technology
The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales have taken everyone by surprise.
People have been left to fend for themselves while bickering governments scrambled to provide a coordinated and adequate disaster response.
The intensity of the rainfall may not have been possible to predict, but having a clear roles for governments,...
