海平面上升可能淹没70万栋住宅

Disgruntled land owner Jim Suppa: "All this land the council has put the moratorium on, they've devalued it totally. It's worth nothing."

据2008年10月17日《The Age》报道，一项国会听证会资料显示，随着海平面上升，澳洲将有超过700,000栋民用住宅可能会被淹没，价值$1500亿澳元的房产、基建设施面临危险。