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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

‘We have to get out’: despair returns to Lismore for those left out by flood buyback program

‘I don’t think it is safe to live here’: Kay Armour in front of her Lismore home that was flooded in early 2022.
‘I don’t think it is safe to live here’: Kay Armour in front of her Lismore home that was flooded in early 2022. Photograph: David Maurice Smith/Oculi

Phones started pinging across Lismore last Tuesday afternoon as a fresh wave of fury and confusion crashed upon the northern rivers town.

Nearly 16 months after the first of two catastrophic floods inundated the New South Wales town – claiming five lives, swamping thousands of homes and robbing residents of untold treasured possessions – many survivors are still to learn which of the long-promised government assistance packages might apply to them.

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