Chas Keys

Chas Keys is a former academic and emergency management practitioner. He was from 1997 to 2004 the Deputy Director General of the NSW State Emergency Service, with responsibility for planning to warn and evacuate people from approaching floods. Chas writes occasionally about the politics, culture and ethics of cricket.

Chas's recent articles

Are we losing the battle against urban development on floodplains?

Are we losing the battle against urban development on floodplains?

John Howard and British colonisation of Australia

John Howard and British colonisation of Australia

Extreme events, causation and politics

Extreme events, causation and politics

Afghanistan womens cricket team seeks recognition

Afghanistan womens cricket team seeks recognition

Afghanistans underdogs upsetting the established order

Afghanistans underdogs upsetting the established order

Lord Botham and discrimination in cricket

Lord Botham and discrimination in cricket

The Great Lismore Flood: Revisiting the use of floodplains

The Great Lismore Flood: Revisiting the use of floodplains

In praise of Afghanistans cricketers

In praise of Afghanistans cricketers

On inclusivity in English and Australian cricket

On inclusivity in English and Australian cricket

Cricket and ethics: Always more to do

Cricket and ethics: Always more to do

Flood warning: full potential not achieved

Flood warning: full potential not achieved

Flood warning: upgrade gauging networks, focus on warning messages

Flood warning: upgrade gauging networks, focus on warning messages

Raising of Warragamba Dam spun in New South Wales election campaign

Raising of Warragamba Dam spun in New South Wales election campaign

Some things dont change: the alarming attitude that still surfaces on the edges of Australian cricket

Some things dont change: the alarming attitude that still surfaces on the edges of Australian cricket

T20: blessing or curse to cricket?

T20: blessing or curse to cricket?

Cricket Australias Afghanistan problem

Cricket Australias Afghanistan problem

Can Bazball save Test cricket?

Can Bazball save Test cricket?

The rub of the (very) green at the Gabba

The rub of the (very) green at the Gabba

Can T20 and Test cricket continue to exist together?

Can T20 and Test cricket continue to exist together?

Sharper focus on flood education and community engagement needed

Sharper focus on flood education and community engagement needed

Towards a phase shift in flood management?

Towards a phase shift in flood management?

Perrottet bites the Warragamba bullet, and we should be concerned

Perrottet bites the Warragamba bullet, and we should be concerned

Climate change, weather elements and natural disasters: what links?

Climate change, weather elements and natural disasters: what links?

The independent New South Wales flood inquiry has landed

The independent New South Wales flood inquiry has landed

Raising Warragamba Dam is not the best flood mitigation strategy, Premier

Raising Warragamba Dam is not the best flood mitigation strategy, Premier

The 100-year flood and the floor levels of houses

The 100-year flood and the floor levels of houses

The flood problem, immigration and population growth

The flood problem, immigration and population growth

Are we approaching a consensus on the need to manage flooding differently?

Are we approaching a consensus on the need to manage flooding differently?

Another word on the sadness and madness of the language of the one-in-100-years flood

Another word on the sadness and madness of the language of the one-in-100-years flood

NSW awaits a momentous decision on housing development on floodplains

NSW awaits a momentous decision on housing development on floodplains

Flood misunderstanding, miscommunication, extremes and records

Flood misunderstanding, miscommunication, extremes and records

Climate change: Scott Morrison's achilles heel

Climate change: Scott Morrison's achilles heel

Will central Lismore be abandoned after yet another flood.

Will central Lismore be abandoned after yet another flood.

A ten-point plan for managing floods in Australia

A ten-point plan for managing floods in Australia

The problem on the floodplain where we should not be building.

The problem on the floodplain where we should not be building.

Grace Tame stayed true to her cause and her self in meeting an unhelpful PM

Grace Tame stayed true to her cause and her self in meeting an unhelpful PM

Cricket cannot afford to go back to the bad old days of abuse

Cricket cannot afford to go back to the bad old days of abuse

Raise Warragamba dam, raise the risk to the environment

Raise Warragamba dam, raise the risk to the environment

The political problem of defining "flood prone"

The political problem of defining "flood prone"

Alarming inconsistency: NSW Government Ministers on development in flood-prone areas

The 'levee paradox': why has development in floodplains exploded?

The meaning of the word 'floodplain' - and the consequences of building on one

The meaning of the word 'floodplain' - and the consequences of building on one

Re-thinking flood mitigation and development, especially in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley

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