Gunnedah residents criticise flood response as region braces for more rain

Julie and Kim Shields standing on their flooded block in Gunnedah. People in the north-east New South Wales town are disappointed with the help they’ve received from the SES. Photograph: Tom Plevey/The Guardian

Residents of Gunnedah on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains are appalled by the lack of preparation, warnings and response from authorities to Sunday’s Namoi River flood, as they brace for another deluge.

Julie Shields, who lives on the north-west end of Bloomfield Street, started the Gunnedah Flood Information and Support Facebook group last December, after being disappointed in the response to Gunnedah’s November 2021 flood.