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Lismore floods aftermath debate asks if land management could slow flow of water

Flooding at Lismore in February last year. (Supplied: Rotor Wing)

As the painstakingly slow recovery continues for flooded communities across parts of Australia, a land management group says it's possible to take more than 2 metres off the flood peak by slowing the flow of water across the landscape.  

Stuart Andrews, whose father Peter pioneered natural sequence farming (NSF) more than 40 years ago, hopes to get the chance to prove his father's theory on the north coast of New South Wales.

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