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Tess Ikonomou

Flood buy-backs could be expanded: Watt

Murray Watt says stronger planning laws are needed to stop building in disaster-prone areas. (JASON O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A scheme to buy back properties from flood-affected homeowners in pockets of NSW and Queensland could be expanded to other high-risk parts of the country.

Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said joint federal-state plans to buy back homes in the NSW Northern Rivers region and southeast Queensland might be extended to more flood-ravaged communities following discussions with the states.

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