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Byron, Ballina businesses 'on their knees' as holiday-makers told to avoid contaminated coast, rivers

Untreated sewage is spilling into flood-ravaged rivers from Lismore each day, and a "substantial" health risk on nearby beaches is causing havoc for seaside business owners who are "on their knees".

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Disaster agency chiefs defend response to ‘unpredicted’ NSW floods

Resilience NSW and SES point to inaccurate weather forecasts, defend flood planning

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People left homeless by northern NSW floods say they have 'fallen through the cracks'

Lauren De Groot is staying in a borrowed caravan after her home in Lismore was flooded and deemed unlivable. Just last year she lost her house in a bushfire.

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Uninsured flood victims can receive up to $20,000 payment under NSW scheme

Money can be used for repairs to gas and electricity services, rebuilding, and purchase of white goods

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Commonwealth asked to 'step up' after state announces cash for flood-affected NSW residents

The federal government is told to "step up" after declining to pay for half of a $112 million scheme to help flood-affected NSW locals repair their homes.

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Sydney news: NSW Premier to announce $20,000 grants for flood victims

MORNING BRIEFING: On his first day back from paternity leave, Dominic Perrottet is in Lismore to assess the damage from the city's latest flood.

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Sydney Buddhist Monks Donated $100K To Flood-Affected Lismore & Dear Govt, What’s Your Excuse?

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Northern NSW floodwaters recede but it may take longer for some communities to return home

Some of the estimated 20,000 people impacted by this week's flooding on the NSW North Coast may be able to start returning home, but nine evacuation orders remain in place and some areas are not safe for people.

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Lismore residents’ flood response was a DIY model of emergency management

As climate change pioneers, communities are being called upon to respond to disasters that overwhelm emergency services

The Guardian - AU

High-resolution BoM models showed Lismore was in danger while evacuation order was lifted

Exclusive: Independent sources were seeing ‘a very concerning forecast’ at the same time as residents were headed for home

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Adrift in a parallel universe: Lismore struggles to find itself after another flood

Residents starting to rebuild their lives and homes after February’s floods are traumatised by the latest disaster

The Guardian - AU

Australia floods: More rain adds to struggle of rebuilding

Communities in northern New South Wales are feeling the emotional and financial strain in the wake of February’s floods.

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Police find car believed to belong to missing nurse in Lismore as conditions ease in northern NSW

Police believe they have found the car driven by missing nurse Alina Brakel in Lismore, where floodwaters are beginning to slowly subside. Evacuation orders are still in place in many areas.

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Sydney News: New ramp approved for Sydney Harbour Bridge cyclists

MORNING BRIEFING: The state government approves a design for a ramp giving access to cyclists at the north end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Lismore 'exhausted' after second flood

A Lismore City councillor says climate change action is the solution to devastating floods that have rocked northern NSW, with the town again in shock.

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Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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Sydney News: Flood recriminations begin over northern NSW flood emergency warnings

MORNING BRIEFING: Questions are being raised about why northern NSW residents were not given more warning of evacuation after being told they could return home.

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Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?

Right now, Lismore residents are going through their second major flood in a month.

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Major flooding continues in northern NSW with evacuation orders still in place

Major flooding continues at Lismore, Grafton, and Coraki in New South Wales, but waters are receding below Lismore's flood levee and rain is easing in the Northern Rivers.

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Northern NSW dodges more heavy rains: BoM

Lismore is breathing a sigh of relief with river levels receding and forecast heavy rain avoided, as Byron Bay starts its clean-up.

The Guardian - AU

‘There’s a cracking’: residents are broken in Lismore after the NSW town is flooded again

People were positive and ‘getting stuff fixed’ after the February inundation but now stoicism has given way to a ‘splintering of confidence and will’, locals say

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Tanya and Dion moved to Lismore six months ago. Now they're without a home for the second time in a month

Lismore's weary residents are finding it hard to stay optimistic amid the chaos of another natural disaster.

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BOM forecaster explains the challenges in predicting torrential rain, flooding event in NSW

Predicting the weather is notoriously a difficult task, but getting the severe weather forecast right can be even harder, according to Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Neil Bennett.

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Thousands of Australians Flee Homes as Floods Inundate Towns

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke over levees. Several towns in northern New South Wales, already reeling after record floods over a month…

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