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Matthew Elmas

‘Uninsurable’: Bleak outlook for once-idyllic riverside homes amid climate crisis

Getting south-east Queensland fully back on its feet will likely take months. Photo: AAP

A colossal clean-up effort is under way across northern New South Wales and Queensland after thousands of once-idyllic riverside homes were submerged in Australia’s latest flooding crisis.

The sense of deja vu is obvious – more than 10,000 volunteers helping their neighbours pick up the pieces are going by ‘Mud Army 2.0’, referencing the heroic clean-up efforts after Brisbane’s 2011 floods.

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