The Latest Breaking News from Aidan Ricketts

Why some people are refusing to leave ‘unliveable’ flood-damaged Lismore homes

Squatters say they’re helping relieve the housing affordability crisis – but the NSW reconstruction authority disagrees

The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2024

Flooding In Aus Is Getting Worse According To IPCC Report But Lismore Residents Already Knew This

“If you don’t believe in climate change you’re asking for something even more dramatic. Like if you say this is normal, then what do you expect you’ll get when it gets abnormal? You’d better hope this isn’t normal.”

Pedestrian.tv · Mar 1, 2022

Lismore flood: man saves 16 people and five dogs after losing his own home

Aidan Ricketts, who also evacuated his own household of six, says the flood is ‘beyond all records or memories’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022