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Drug and alcohol use are among a range of issues brought on by the catastrophic floods of 2022 and trauma that lingers, say a local MP and charities.

Last month, Australia’s newly appointed minister for emergency management, Senator Jenny McAllister, and Senator Tony Sheldon, special envoy for disaster recovery, took part in a cultural burn outside Lismore in New South Wales, as part of the National Gathering on Indigenous Disaster Resilience.

Lismore Castle Arts’ ‘Each now, is the time, the space’ takes its title from John Cage, and sees four artists embrace the moment through sculpture and found objects

Northern Rivers locals say another disaster would wipe towns off the map as they mark two years since thousands of people lost their homes to floods.

NSW taxpayers could pay nearly triple the current annual cost of natural disasters by 2060 unless a new plan to reduce their impact is followed.

The NSW government reacted swiftly but could not meet demand after unprecedented flooding in 2022 and needs a plan to get people into long-term accommodation.

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‘Disturbing’ University of Newcastle research found some women in emergency shelters during 2022 floods reported sexual assaults and violence

Women did 'the bulk of unpaid work' after Northern Rivers floods.