The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

Lismore flood victims call for climate action outside Scott Morrison's Kirribilli home

People whose homes were destroyed in the recent floods travel to Sydney to dump wreckage outside Kirribilli House, with one protest sign reading: "Your climate inaction killed my neighbour”.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

Australia’s cataclysmic floods raise spectre of communities’ permanent retreat

Climate change is leaving cities across the world uninsurable, and evacuation may be the only solution

Financial Times · Mar 21, 2022

Lismore flood victims dump debris at PM's

Flood-impacted Lismore residents angry at Prime Minister Scott Morrison have dumped a truckload of waterlogged possessions at Kirribilli House.

AAP · Mar 20, 2022

Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive

Exclusive: Linen and water sources have not been organised for the homes, leaving locals waiting in evacuation centres

The Guardian - AU · Mar 17, 2022

‘It’s stuff you can’t replace’: experts fear priceless local history will be thrown out in NSW floods cleanup

Historians are concerned about what the loss of family memories and cultural heritage will mean for the region

The Guardian - AU · Mar 16, 2022

Calls for inquiry into triple zero response which left communities in isolation during NSW floods

When record-breaking floods swept across northern NSW threatening countless lives, vital telecommunications lines failed on a massive scale. This is how it unfolded.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

One frantic hour: the race to save the Koori Mail from rapidly rising flood waters

When Lismore’s river burst its banks, the Indigenous newspaper was hit hard. With printing paused, its staff are still finding ways to serve the community

The Guardian - AU · 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

The local plan to train Lismore’s flotilla of flood rescue tinnies

A Lismore flood rescue expert wants to train up the community so that people are less dependent on outside help when the next disaster strikes.

The New Daily · Mar 15, 2022

Lismore: homeless, angry and hurting

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg says people in his flood-devastated hometown in northern NSW are hurting because they don't know where they are going to be living.

AAP · Mar 14, 2022