The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

What's causing Sydney's monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again

Again, thousands of residents in Western Sydney face a life-threatening flood disaster. At the time of writing, evacuation orders spanned southwest and northwest Sydney and residents of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley were being warned the crisis was escalating.

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2022

Lismore ice-cream factory ‘will need to stand down 240 people’ unless flood support extended

Norco says 44 workers who lost homes would be affected if government assistance ends

The Guardian - AU · Jun 29, 2022

The Project Hosts Really Called A Climate Protestor From Flood-Ravaged Lismore ‘Privileged’

"People find you to be extremely divisive."

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 29, 2022

Lismore’s residents are living in limbo on the frontlines of the climate emergency

Only about 20% of businesses have reopened and many have exhausted their savings trying to repair properties

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2022

It's time to come clean on Lismore's future. People and businesses have to relocate away from the floodplains

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 Conversation · Jun 14, 2022

New SES bases to be built in Lismore as part of $133m NSW budget boost

Extra funding comes after state government, SES and Bureau of Meteorology were criticised for response to region’s deadly floods

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2022

Lismore to get incident centre in more than $130 million funding boost for NSW SES

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.

ABC News · Jun 12, 2022

Lismore residents whose homes were covered in oil from Boral asphalt depot after floods left with daunting clean up

Months after deadly floods inundated large parts of New South Wales, people in South Lismore are left with homes covered in a sticky oily residue from a disused construction site.

ABC News · Jun 11, 2022

Labor says Dutton ‘desperate’ to distract from defence failures – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2022

Election corflutes and blankets used as makeshift insulation against the cold in flood-ravaged Lismore

People living in homes damaged by floods in NSW's Northern Rivers region are struggling to stay warm during the cold snap, with no walls and limited heating prompting some to get innovative.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022