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Sounds like there's no easy solution then but it's still an awful lot of loss and harm to all the poor buggers affected. Planning catchments and embakments is not rocket science and might help slowing the water rushing in populated area. It's common practice to build catchments spread around let's say every 50km along a known stream or corridor so you have some kind of buffer(s) when the rush comes on. Somebody must have a good idea what the terrain is geologically so I would have thought this was being taken care of or in the process of. I hear you about the councils being lenient. Same thing happens in every country. People 'forget' and allow to build in places that used to be river beds until the next big rain. In Hoxton park there is a creek and the whole industrial area that developed there is in a massive flood zone. I know coz my father in law told me once "I used to go swimming right here" and we were queuing in the local KFC. I hear we've been giving millions to indonesia to help them reduce their carbon footprint. Maybe we should take care of our domestic issues first in QLD and do something about it. At least minimize the impact on people.
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