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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

Perrottet defends NSW flood response amid Lismore anger as Qld death toll rises

Lismore resident Luisa Duffy writes a sign to the prime minister and premier about flood support
Many NSW north coast residents, like Luisa Duffy of Lismore, are critical of the bureaucracy needed to access government help after the floods. Photograph: Yaya Stempler/The Guardian

Tensions are boiling over across flood-affected parts of New South Wales and Queensland, with frustration at the speed at which official support is being rolled out, as the death toll from the catastrophe mounts.

On Saturday afternoon, a woman was found dead in flood waters in south-east Queensland, bringing the state’s toll to 11. Queensland police divers found the body in Mudgeeraba, on the outskirts of the Gold Coast, with investigators yet to confirm whether it was a 42-year-old woman who was last seen on 27 February.

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