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NSW parliamentary inquiry: Paid emergency crews should lead flood responses, not SES

The SES responds to flooding in NSW's Northern Rivers region during February. (Supplied: Northern Rivers SES)

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry has heard giving control over a major disaster to a volunteer-driven agency rather than professional emergency responders was akin to "madness".

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