UNBELIEVABLE: State emergency service - The Untold Story

Concern grows as woodchopper missing in bush for days

Authorities are concerned about the wellbeing of a woodchopper who went missing in bushland after becoming separated from a friend.

AAP · Feb 11

Footprints, fake AI images and few clues: Mystery over four year-old boy who vanished in the Australian Outback

Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing while playing in a sandpit in South Australia

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025

BoM defends forecasts after claim coastal community not properly warned

Bureau urged to review its systems after Fraser Coast mayor says Hervey Bay was pelted with 260mm of rain after being told it was not in firing line

The Guardian - AU · Mar 9, 2025

Perth prospector Brian Brady found alive after four-day search in the Midwest

A Perth prospector who had been missing in the Midwest outback since Saturday has been found alive.

ABC News · May 31, 2023

Missing Queensland woman found a week after she went missing in Streaky Bay on SA's Eyre Peninsula

A Queensland woman last seen on South Australia's western Eyre Peninsula a week ago is found by a member of the public who saw her "wandering out of the scrub". Her family say she's now recovering in hospital.

ABC News · May 14, 2023

To stay or go? The dilemma Ukrainians near front face every day

It was finally time for Vasyl Kurlyshchuk to leave.

Reuters · Mar 21, 2023

Not evacuating town where a woman died in 2016 floods was wrong call, former SES manager tells inquest

An inquest into the death of a woman who died in floodwaters in Tasmania's north-west seven years ago has heard the State Emergency Service's (SES) regional manager for the north-west ignored his colleagues' calls to evacuate the town.

ABC News · Mar 9, 2023

Tas emergency reform after critical review

Tasmania's government has announced plans to merge the state's fire and emergency services after reviews found current laws were hampering frontline services.

AAP · Jan 24, 2023

NSW State Emergency Service under fire over management of major flooding at Forbes

Forbes endured weeks of destructive flooding in 2022. Its mayor is angry the SES chose to base itself in another town, deeming it "something you'd do in America, not in Australia".

ABC News · Jan 19, 2023

Wet season arrives for Mackay as North Queensland city cops 200mm drenching

The North Queensland city receives a drenching of up to 200 millimetres, resulting in flooded roads and requests for State Emergency Service personnel to help with leaking roofs.

ABC News · Jan 12, 2023