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Reset needed on troubled flood buybacks: NSW Premier

A flood buyback scheme for low-lying properties in the Northern Rivers needs a reset, NSW premier Chris Minns says, amid widespread confusion over eligibility.

AAP · Jun 28, 2023

‘We have to get out’: despair returns to Lismore for those left out by flood buyback program

Many residents in the NSW town are yet to learn what government help – if any – they will get for their damaged homes

The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2023

Buyback offers to reach 1,100 northern NSW homeowners, 500 fewer than hoped by agency boss

NRRC chief executive David Witherdin says 300 offers already made to flood-affected homeowners

The Guardian - AU · Jun 13, 2023

Slow pace of buyback scheme pushes flood-affected residents to sell homes on open market

A buyback scheme that was supposed to move NSW Northern Rivers residents out of extreme flood danger has barely begun a year after the floods, with the first offers made only in the past few days.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

'It takes time': Premier defends Lismore buyback scheme

Many people in the flood-devastated NSW Northern Rivers still don't have a home, the premier has conceded as a house buyback scheme makes its first offer.

AAP · Feb 22, 2023

The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’

In February 2022, the first of two catastrophic floods wiped out communities in the NSW northern rivers. A year on, the crisis is nowhere near over

The Guardian - AU · Feb 19, 2023

First flood buyback offers set to be made a year after Northern Rivers catastrophe

The body overseeing the region's flood recovery says the scheme is "oversubscribed", with more than 8,000 applications made for assistance. Although there is an "enormous" amount of work to do, the first offers are set to be made next week.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

House relocations 'first preference' for flood recovery agency as buyback process begins

The first steps have been taken in the long-awaited Northern Rivers buyback scheme with a series of public information sessions offering more insight into what comes next.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

Lismore residents can take their homes with them under $800m buyback program

If residents choose not to move their home or if it is not possible, they will be sold or stripped for materials

The Guardian - AU · Oct 28, 2022

Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation labelled a 'turning point' in region's flood recovery

Flood-affected residents in the Northern Rivers region are urged to be patient as the newly formed reconstruction corporation works out the best-long term solution to rebuild Lismore and surrounding communities.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2022