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Lismore, the epicentre of Australia's most expensive natural disaster, was not prioritised in this week's federal announcement of $236 million to fund flood warning upgrades.

It is 50 years since the first Aquarius festival was held in Nimbin, but the counter-culture event has left a lasting legacy that is still being celebrated.

People trying to eke out a road to recovery after this year's floods say they've applied for government grants only to find fraudsters have beaten them to the punch — and the battle against bogus claims is holding up money for those in need.

Makeshift villages of emergency housing are cropping up across areas devastated by floods. But for the residents who lost their own homes, can these pods fill the gap?

Thousands of people have trekked through mud deep enough to lose a gumboot in to see big-name musicians at a free flood relief concert in devastated Northern NSW.

Sporting clubs and associations across the Northern Rivers are assessing their losses and figuring out how to get players back on the field after the area's worst natural disaster.