Fears for Indigenous community of NSW island as anger rises about government’s flood response

An SES vehicle drives through flooded street in Ballina on Thursday. Greens and Labor MPs have accused the state government of a lack of support for people affected as the clean up and recovery begins. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images

An Indigenous community from Cabbage Tree Island in the New South Wales northern rivers region fears they have lost everything in the floods.

Residents from all 23 households were forced to flee as water inundated the island, which is off Ballina and has been an Indigenous reserve since 1893.