Elders say Aboriginal communities affected by flooding in northern New South Wales are being forced to choose between dispossession or homelessness due to a lack of emergency accommodation as the State Emergency Service has issued an evacuation warning for the Namoi village near Walgett.
Dharriwaa Elders Group secretary Aunty Virginia Robinson said there was no emergency shelter left in nearby Walgett and most residents were not willing to evacuate to Coonamble or Dubbo.
