NSW floods
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The day one person was left to monitor nine river systems as floods swept the state
A report into the 2021 floods in NSW has painted a grim picture of understaffing and under-preparedness.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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‘I feel let down:’ Lismore MP’s message for Premier over slow flood support
More than 40 per cent of business support applications have been rejected as ineligible and a further 40 per cent is awaiting assessment.
- by Lucy Cormack
‘Nobody knew quite how horrific it was going to be’
Freelance writer and Northern Rivers resident Candida Baker talks about this year’s catastrophic flooding of Australia’s east coast.
‘I can’t stand the sound of rain’: The grief that’s united a region
While the catastrophic flooding on Australia’s east coast left the NSW Northern Rivers in chaos, it also bonded its residents like never before.
- by Candida Baker
Window of opportunity to resurrect Lismore closing, banks and insurers warn
Flood-hit Lismore urgently needs the details of key actions, resources and timing for any future rebuild.
- by Heath Gilmore
‘This flood is in all our bodies’: Inquiry leaders face Lismore disaster grief head-on
The community members focused on failures: inadequate flood watch warnings, a breakdown of emergency response, a collapse of essential telecommunications and the feeling that they were abandoned for days by state and federal leaders.
- by Heath Gilmore
One in 25 homes uninsurable by 2030 due to climate change, new study finds
The public can check the risk of climate dangers to their suburb, electorate or local government area using a new interactive map.
- by Nick O'Malley
‘Hollow words’: Prince William tells Australian flood survivors they haven’t been forgotten
The Duke of Cambridge heard first-hand about the aftermath of the flooding from emergency services and community leaders from northern NSW.
- by Rob Harris
Greg lost his home in the Black Summer bushfires. Now he’s building one that’s disaster-proof
The Bushfire Building Council of Australia has developed free architectural-designed plans to protect your house. Just lock up and leave, the house will look after itself.
- by Julie Power
Reconstruction corporation has sweeping powers to rebuild flood-ravaged north
The reconstruction of flood-ravaged communities in northern NSW will be led by a new corporation, with powers to compulsorily acquire or subdivide land and accelerate the delivery of planning proposals.
- by Lucy Cormack
Bushfire housing ‘pods’ headed for flood victims
Temporary modular homes used to house bushfire victims will be repurposed for flood victims in the state’s north.
- by Lucy Cormack