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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".

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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.

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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.

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‘It was weirdly functional’: the inside story of the extraordinary evacuation of Ballina hospital

The complexity of shifting an entire hospital during a flood emergency is mind-boggling, but doctors say an ‘amazing’ team made it work

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Morrison says Qld premier ‘consulted’ on emergency; Rio Tinto ditching Russia; 21 Covid deaths – As it happened

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‘It’s really insulting’: NSW flood victims excluded from extra disaster payments lash out at Coalition

Residents in Ballina, Byron and Tweed council areas will miss out on two additional $1,000 payments when they need cash most

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Scott Morrison says defence force ‘not available on a moment’s notice’ to respond to disaster – as it happened

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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

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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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‘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

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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.

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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.

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

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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’

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NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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Lismore counts the devastation as Ballina braces for its worst flood in history

As rescuers continue to search for those missing in Lismore, Ballina is preparing for a one-in-500-year flood event

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First death of NSW flood crisis confirmed as woman's body found in flooded Lismore home, Ballina Hospital evacuated

The body of an elderly woman is found inside a flooded home at Lismore, as the flood emergency gripping northern NSW continues.

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‘Prepare now’: Woman dies, as lethal weather heads for Sydney

Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for and a woman's body has been found in a flooded home amid devastating scenes in NSW.

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Ballina flood: residents of NSW coastal town face tense night as flood peak expected to coincide with high tide

Hospital evacuated as flood waters from the Wilsons River and the Richmond River catchments are expected to reach Ballina on Tuesday night

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Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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Queensland, NSW floods live updates: Deluge hits northern NSW, Queenslanders wait for waters to recede

NSW Health evacuates Ballina Hospital amid rising floodwater levels not seen in the region for 68 years. Look back on our blog.

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Flood rescues in northern NSW resume as rain expected to move south, Ballina on flood alert

Up to 50 people have been rescued after they were stuck on a bridge in northern NSW overnight, as thousands more homes are predicted to go under in the record-breaking flood event.

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Sydney on alert as rain eases in the north

More severe weather is expected to hammer the NSW coast as thousands of people are evacuated from the state's north after catastrophic flooding.

Irish Mirror

Irish winner of €30.9m EuroMillions jackpot comes forward as Lotto confirms ticket sold in Tipperary

The winning ticket was sold at Larkin's Gala Service Station in Ballina, in Co. Tipperary

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