ABC Australia: There are renewed calls for national monitoring of Australian beaches in the wake of severe storms which washed away homes and other waterside properties along the east coast.
The Water Research Laboratory at the University of New South Wales, led by Professor Ian Turner, has been monitoring Narrabeen and Collaroy beaches, two of the hardest hit in the weekend's storms, for 40 years.
"We've seen quite large erosion, particularly in the southern ends of the beaches," Professor Turner told 7.30....