A scheme to buy back people’s houses in flood-hit Lismore will likely target hundreds of houses,not thousands,according to the man in charge of rebuilding the town.
Maralyn Schofield loved the place she called home – its village-like feel and the beautiful old houses. Floods changed all that,but a plan to help residents move out has stalled.
Four months after the flood,Lismore’s creatives remain traumatised and struggling to recover their sense of hope.
The inquiry examined the state’s preparedness to deal with major flooding events,while considering the gaps in the emergency response that left inundated residents in the state’s north to be rescued by private boats.
As Tobias Moran faced a Sydney court for the first time after being charged with Simone Strobel’s 2005 murder,police are now looking for two people they believe helped cover up the killing.
Toby Moran was extradited from Perth on Wednesday by detectives investigating the 2005 murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel in Lismore.
Nikki McGuire is just one face in a book of nearly 100 photographs that sits atop Premier Dominic Perrottet’s desk.
Dominic Perrottet wants the “wonderful” members of Lismore’s community-led rescue effort to play a more permanent role in future disasters.
The SES is accused of failing to plan for a “catastrophic” flood despite decades-old research warning that such a disaster in Lismore was probable.
Father Bing Monteagudo uploaded footage to his Facebook page in the days during and after the floods that devastated Lismore.
Staff had to move more than 30 residents out of surging floodwaters,after hours of failed attempts to contact emergency services.