Aerial photos shows flooding in Taree on Saturday. Source: AAP A muddy swimming pool is seen at a flood-damaged house in Glenthorne on Saturday. Source: Getty More than 10,000 homes have been damaged.

The Perth property market has also experienced one of the biggest jumps in prices in the country, going up a whopping 19 per cent in the last 12 months, with the median price now $775,000.

Some of WA’s most prominent political and business leaders attended a dinner at Wildflower Private Dining Room ahead of the Australian Financial Review’s Mining Summit.