The Latest Breaking News from Ballina

NSW Liberal upper house MP to quit over flood funding

Only the flood-affected shires that fall in the National Party-held seat of Page have so far received additional disaster payments, something NSW Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack says she "can't defend".

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

Resilient communities in Lismore and Ballina look forward but the threat of a COVID surge looms, warns doctor

Health professionals and locals in Lismore are expecting the new, more-contagious strain of the Omicron COVID variant will surge in a town that's already seen much heartache.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2022

Cabbage Tree Island's Indigenous community displaced by NSW floods 'left out' of government's response

Flooding has displaced the Indigenous community of Cabbage Tree Island on the Northern Rivers. They don't know when they will be able to return to their homes and say they have been left behind.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2022

Queensland records 11th flood death; Australia reports 48 Covid deaths – as it happened

Queensland announces financial support of $558.5m for flood-hit communities as insurance claims estimated to hit $1bn. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2022

Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2022

‘Black hole’: telecommunications outage hampering flood rescues and recovery in northern NSW

Ballina mayor calls for mobile Telstra tower to be set up urgently to ease residents’ distress

The Guardian - AU · Mar 3, 2022

Flood-hit north NSW towns begin clean-up

Thousands of flood-damaged homes are yet to be checked in northern NSW, as emergency crews begin tallying lists of people still missing after the deluge.

AAP · Mar 3, 2022

Maclean in Clarence Valley braces as cracks form in levee, flood clean-up continues elsewhere

While thousands of residents across the state's north grapple with the aftermath of a deadly flood disaster, a Clarence Valley community is still readying itself for the worst to come.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2022

Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022

Ballina flood: thousands of homes impacted with ‘peak to continue for a number of hours’

Mayor of northern NSW town calls for help, saying water ‘is still coming full force towards us’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022