“There is not a single part of NSW that I am not concerned about,” said Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke.
The State Emergency Service said the Northern Rivers received significant rainfall overnight into Friday. In one area,222mm fell in three hours.
The devastated city of Lismore is preparing for a third flood of the year as wet weather lashes the state,prompting dozens of flood rescues,including of a four-year-old boy trapped in a vehicle.
GPs and pharmacists in Lismore and the wider Northern Rivers are struggling to rebuild and make ends meet.
An ice-cream factory’s request for an additional $24 million to rebuild has been knocked back. Now 170 workers in flood-ravaged northern NSW fear for their jobs.
The Australian-owned co-operative Norco will sack hundreds of workers despite being offered a $35 million flood grant from the federal and NSW governments.
If community involvement in disaster management can be encouraged and supported,NSW will be better prepared for the challenges to come.
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age document in depth the February-March 2022 flooding event that devastated Lismore.
Residents of the Northern Rivers town were left disappointed by the lack of clarity in the Perrottet government’s response to the recent floods.
Resilience NSW boss Shane Fitzsimmons has hit back at the government’s flood inquiry describing its findings about the disaster agency as disappointing,without evidence and based on inaccurate or incorrect information.
A Corrective Services NSW officer could be charged with murdering Aboriginal man Dwayne Johnstone. The DPP’s plan has triggered a 24-hour strike.