6 Jul 2022

Australia: Flooding continues, NZ PM in Oz - again

From Nine To Noon, 9:47 am on 6 July 2022

Today's correspondent is Annika Smethurst in Australia, where there's been no let up in the rain falling in southern parts of New South Wales - what further help might be on offer for communities that keep being hit? She'll also look at Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's latest trip to Australia and the Reserve Bank's latest interest rate rise that marks one of the sharpest hikes since the 1990s.

People look at a flooded park due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP)

People look at a flooded park due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. Photo: AFP / Muhammad Farooq