Trauma, disbelief and plenty of ideas shared at NSW flood inquiry hearing in Lismore

Residents of Lismore speak during the first public hearing of the 2022 NSW flood Inquiry in Lismore on Tuesday evening. Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

Megan James, who lives near Nimbin, was the first of many speakers to take the microphone at a university lecture theatre in Lismore for the first community hearing of the 2022 New South Wales flood inquiry on Tuesday evening.

“I’m the voice in the hills, but we’re no longer heard,” James said.