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Why some people are refusing to leave ‘unliveable’ flood-damaged Lismore homes

Squatters say they’re helping relieve the housing affordability crisis – but the NSW reconstruction authority disagrees

The Guardian - AU

Flooded NSW communities feel abandoned by governments

Residents of the flood-hit northern NSW town of Lismore are feeling abandoned by governments following sluggish recovery efforts.

AAP

‘More uncertainty’: Lismore mayor blasts cut in homes eligible for flood buyback scheme

Home buyback scheme in the NSW's flood-prone Northern Rivers is creating additional trauma for victims, Lismore mayor says.

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Lismore mayor slams rollout of flood buybacks

Only a handful of households have so far received funding through a Northern Rivers flood buyback scheme, amid calls for the process to be sped up.

AAP

Lismore Mayor 'heartbroken' by slow progress of house, land options for flood-affected residents

Northern Rivers residents are frustrated and some are relocating while they wait for either buyback, house raising, or retrofit 14 months after the disaster.

ABC News

Northern NSW leaders Lismore MP Janelle Saffin, mayors Steve Krieg, Robert Mustow describe their own flood recovery

For these leaders, finding the strength to shepherd their communities through a devastating natural disaster is one thing. Rebuilding their own lives is quite another.

ABC News

Northern Rivers flood victims urged to think of safety when considering buyback offers

The Insurance Council of Australia wants flood-affected residents in the Northern Rivers region to choose safety over sentiment when considering whether to take up the governments' buyback scheme to sell up and move to higher ground.

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Northern Rivers housing crisis sparks high-rise building debate

With 1,300 people still stuck in emergency accommodation after the region's devastating floods, Lismore's Mayor says 10-storey apartment blocks could be the solution.

ABC News

Lismore Mayor frustrated over flood report delay as media leaks show $3b recovery expense

The Mayor of Lismore in northern NSW urges the state government to release a flood inquiry report after hearing unconfirmed leaks from the media and nothing from the government.

ABC News

NSW Blues hail Lismore flood heroes as team visits community ahead of State of Origin rugby league clash

Hero worship flows both ways as NSW Blues take a training session to flood-stricken Lismore.

ABC News

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

Light at the darkest time: lantern parade a source of healing for flood-ravaged Lismore

The northern NSW town finds solace by the banks of a river that has wrought so much destruction on it this year

The Guardian - AU

Fights broke out as top-down approach to Lismore flood response failed, inquiry told

Locals who were trying to help rescue residents and feed evacuees clashed with NSW agencies, community witnesses say

The Guardian - AU

Lismore MP slams agency's flood response

The NSW agency tasked with coordinating the response to disastrous floods was unprepared and struggled to provide help, a hearing in Lismore has been told.

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Months on from devastating Lismore floods, 1,300 people are still unable to return home

Three months on from the devastating flood event in late February, 1,300 people remain in emergency accommodation and less than 20 per cent of businesses are back operating in Lismore.

ABC News

Grinspoon and Paul Kelly play to thousands at Lismore's flood relief concert

Thousands of people have trekked through mud deep enough to lose a gumboot in to see big-name musicians at a free flood relief concert in devastated Northern NSW.

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

Kings of Generosity.

ABC News

Flood rescue at Woodburn in northern NSW with evacuation orders still in place

SES volunteers found the man in more than a metre of water on Saturday night after members of the public heard his calls for help.

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NSW residents brace for further flooding

Thousands have been ordered to evacuate as flood risk returns to parts of northern NSW where locals are bracing as heavy rain continues to fall.

The Guardian - AU

Flood evacuation orders issued for Lismore after man and dogs die in Queensland

Severe weather warnings issued for parts of eastern Australia still recovering from recent floods, with heavy rain forecast

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Northern NSW Residents Could Be Hit By Even More Floods Just Weeks Into Their Clean Up

“Four weeks of cleaning up after the record flood that we‘ve just experienced and then to get the news of the weather event that’s coming for us."

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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