Imagine waking up to find your home perched on the edge of a precipice, the ocean gnawing at the earth just metres below.

This isn’t a dystopian nightmare; it’s the terrifying reality for residents on Australia’s iconic Gold Coast, where apartment buildings now stand precariously close to sheer sand cliffs.

Their fear is palpable, a chilling local symptom of a national climate crisis projected to wipe an unimaginable $500 billion from Australian property values by 2030.

Six months after Cyclone Alfred unleashed its 17-metre wave fury, swallowing kilometres of coastline, the Gold Coast’s crown jewels – Main Beach and Surfers Paradise – “still haven’t recovered.”

For Tony, a long-time local and resident of Ocean Meriton, the daily sight is a stark reminder of nature’s raw power and human

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