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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Josh Butler

Flood inquiry finds serious failures by agencies and calls for Resilience NSW to be scrapped

Lismore's flooded main street on February 28
A NSW parliamentary inquiry into the response to the state’s floods in places like Lismore (pictured) has released its findings. Photograph: Bradley Richardson/Australian Defence Force/AFP/Getty Images

A scathing report into the devastating 2022 New South Wales floods has found government agencies including the SES “failed” in the “greatest time of need” and has recommended the lead recovery agency, Resilience NSW, be abolished.

The upper house inquiry into the deadly flooding events made 21 findings and 37 recommendations, including a call for the state government to finalise long-term housing plans for flood-affected residents in places like Lismore.

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