A sinkhole roughly 8–10 m wide and several metres deep has opened on the AJ Burkitt Reserve sporting oval in Heidelberg, directly adjacent to the North East Link tunnel alignment in Melbourne’s northeast. Victorian Infrastructure Delivery Authority has confirmed the “surface hole” is in the vicinity of active tunnelling operations, leading to a work pause while engineers and emergency crews carry out geotechnical investigations and monitoring. No injuries or structural damage have been reported, but the area remains fully cordoned off pending cause determination and stability assessment.

Pilbara Ports handled 63.7Mt of cargo in March 2026, an 8 per cent drop year-on-year after Cyclone Narelle forced temporary closures at Port Hedland, Dampier and Ashburton. Iron ore exports from Port Hedland, which typically exceed 50Mt per month, were most affected as shipping channels and berths underwent post-cyclone inspections and staggered re-openings under marine safety protocols. The disruption highlights the need for cyclone-resilient berth structures, dredged channel management and robust stockyard capacity planning across Pilbara export supply chains.

An AI-driven data analysis model has identified up to 1.2M buildings in England located outside existing flood defences and therefore exposed to future flood risk. The model combines Environment Agency flood maps with property location data to pinpoint undefended assets, including homes, critical infrastructure and commercial premises. For civil and geotechnical engineers, the findings signal pressure to prioritise resilience upgrades, reassess design flood levels and drainage capacity, and target nature-based or structural defences to specific high-risk clusters.