NSW floods
Thousands still waiting for rental relief after floods destroyed paperwork
Less than 10 per cent of a $250 million rental support fund has been distributed to flood victims months after the natural disaster devastated the state’s north.
- by Tom Rabe
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‘It’s a Grand Canyon’: Residents lash slow response to Hawkesbury River erosion
Sydneysiders have criticised the state government’s sluggish response to fixing roads and riverbanks that washed away when the area flooded in March.
- by Megan Gorrey
NSW premier willing to move residents from flood-prone areas of Lismore
Dominic Perrottet says he would feel personally responsible if lives were lost in another flood in northern NSW.
- by Megan Gorrey, Tom Rabe and Heath Gilmore
‘Missing in action’: MP’s broadside against resilience body’s flood response
Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin told a parliamentary inquiry in Lismore on Tuesday that the disaster response agency was unfit for purpose. Her comments were echoed by local mayors.
- by Heath Gilmore
‘Still living in tents on footpaths:’ Ballina locals reveal flood relief delays
Residents of a northern NSW town are still living in tents on footpaths more than three months after catastrophic floods cut off the area for days, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
- by Lucy Cormack
The man with the power to save Lismore from drowning
David Witherdin, a little known public servant, holds the fate of the Northern Rivers in his hands, charged with extensive powers to rebuild the flood-ravaged region.
- by Heath Gilmore
When Nikki’s home flooded, Jenny Morrison said ‘stay in my house’
Pool cleaner and Cronulla Sharks devotee Nikki Durant has been living in the Morrison family’s Sutherland Shire home for the last two months. Now it’s time to move back to Woodburn and rebuild her home.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Arts
Sandstone Sydney landmark becomes temporary home for flood-damaged artworks
A valuable Margaret Olley still life is among 600-plus artworks that have been evacuated to the Old Registrar General’s Building on Macquarie Street for restoration.
- by Linda Morris
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Public service
Disaster agency hit by staff exodus and angst over mid-floods function
The National Recovery and Resilience Agency confirmed five senior executives had recently departed.
- by Michael Koziol
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NSW SES
The day one person was left to monitor nine river systems as floods swept the state
A report into the 2021 floods in NSW has painted a grim picture of understaffing and under-preparedness.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
‘I feel let down:’ Lismore MP’s message for Premier over slow flood support
More than 40 per cent of business support applications have been rejected as ineligible and a further 40 per cent is awaiting assessment.
- by Lucy Cormack