The Latest Breaking News from Flood

A parliamentary inquiry is told control over major disaster responses should be handed to paid professionals, such as Fire and Rescue NSW, rather than the volunteer-driven State Emergency Service.

More than three months after the monster floods wrecked much of Lismore, there is still no clarity for the town’s residents and businesses who urgently need to make investment decisions. Should they move to higher ground, make temporary fixes, or renovate for the long haul?

The park will not allow inbound visitor traffic to any entrance on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Murray River shack owners have started to prepare for flooding as river flows increase and dams hit capacity. But the clouds have come with a silver lining for the local avifauna.

The couple's new flood insurance costs them $7,000 a year. They're struggling to pay it and they're not alone, with insurance affordability around the country predicted to get worse.

The mum said she didn't want getting a 'flood of presents' to become the norm for her child

Part of the forest is flooded

Lismore will get a new incident control centre in an effort to ramp up the NSW State Emergency Service's presence in the Northern Rivers in the wake of this year's devastating floods.

The residential homes would breach the protective covenant