Lismore MP says federal government needs to ‘step up’ flood support – as it happened

An aerial view shows the extent of flood damage last week in Lismore. NSW premier Dominic Perrottet announced the payment of grants of up to $20,000 for uninsured residents of flood-hit parts of the state. Photograph: NSW Police

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What we learned, Monday 4 April

And with that, we are going to put this blog to bed.

Before we go, let’s recap the stories of the day:

• Janelle Saffin, the Labor state member for Lismore, says she wants the federal government to ‘step up some more’ with support for flood victims
• Tasmanian premier Peter Gutwein has announced his resignation, saying he has ‘nothing left in the tank to give’
• The latest round of nine Liberal preselections by a committee of three appointed by the party’s federal executive is likely to be challenged in the NSW supreme court
• The foreign minister, Marise Payne, will fly to Brussels tomorrow for a meeting of Nato foreign affairs ministers regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Thank you for spending the day with us. We will be back tomorrow to do it all again.

Updated at 10.10am BST

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