Bushfires destroyed Barbara Maslen's home 40 years ago. Now floods have taken another

North Queensland residents will be spending Christmas cleaning up the damage from Cyclone Jasper - and it's only the beginning of the wet seasonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBarbara Maslen moved to Daintree after she lost her house to the Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria. Forty years later, she's now a victim of another catastrophic environmental disaster - this time a flood.Her partner, Allan Sheather, barely escaped his home at Wild Wings and Swampy Things nature refuge in a kayak. Continue reading...