Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia needs to better prepare for extreme weather events like Cyclone Debbie by investing in improved infrastructure.
Mr Turnbull visited residents in the flood-ravaged Logan suburb of Eagleby, south of Brisbane, on Monday as emergency services continued cleaning up after last week's torrential rain.
Mr Turnbull said he was committed to replacing damaged infrastructure with more flood-proof buildings.
"These are record flood events so we're going to have to be better prepared for the next one because clearly this will be repeated," he said.
"We've got to make sure we are more flood-proof in the future."
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Mr Turnbull said during his visit of cyclone-affected areas in north Queensland last week, it was easy to tell which buildings had been built to existing standards.
"We really now have the challenge of making sure our building standards, our planning standards, take into account that we are the land of droughts and flooding rains and fires as well," he said.
