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Australia’s cataclysmic floods raise spectre of communities’ permanent retreat

Climate change is leaving cities across the world uninsurable, and evacuation may be the only solution

Financial Times

Lismore flood victims dump debris at PM's

Flood-impacted Lismore residents angry at Prime Minister Scott Morrison have dumped a truckload of waterlogged possessions at Kirribilli House.

AAP

Flooded offices of Koori Mail becomes ground zero to help Lismore residents

More than a fortnight on since floodwaters ravaged the northern NSW town of Lismore, the offices of national Indigenous newspaper Koori Mail has become a grassroots ground zero, providing basic supplies to medical assistance for locals who have nothing.

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After two devastating floods in five years, what's next for Lismore?

Should Lismore rebuild or is it time to rethink the city from the ground up? Residents, real estate agents and emergency service officials say there's plenty to consider as the community cleans up again.

ABC News

Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable

Exclusive: Multiple families who evacuated during the NSW floods left with no choice but to move back home in recent days

The Guardian - AU

'I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again': imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore

The flood crisis in northern New South Wales has left lives shattered. Those worst affected are dazed and struggling to comprehend the loss of life, homes, livelihoods and possessions.

The Conversation

Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive

Exclusive: Linen and water sources have not been organised for the homes, leaving locals waiting in evacuation centres

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‘It’s stuff you can’t replace’: experts fear priceless local history will be thrown out in NSW floods cleanup

Historians are concerned about what the loss of family memories and cultural heritage will mean for the region

The Guardian - AU

Calls for inquiry into triple zero response which left communities in isolation during NSW floods

When record-breaking floods swept across northern NSW threatening countless lives, vital telecommunications lines failed on a massive scale. This is how it unfolded.

ABC News

One frantic hour: the race to save the Koori Mail from rapidly rising flood waters

When Lismore’s river burst its banks, the Indigenous newspaper was hit hard. With printing paused, its staff are still finding ways to serve the community

The Guardian - AU

Resilient communities in Lismore and Ballina look forward but the threat of a COVID surge looms, warns doctor

Health professionals and locals in Lismore are expecting the new, more-contagious strain of the Omicron COVID variant will surge in a town that's already seen much heartache.

ABC News

The local plan to train Lismore’s flotilla of flood rescue tinnies

A Lismore flood rescue expert wants to train up the community so that people are less dependent on outside help when the next disaster strikes.

The New Daily

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.

AAP

After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat

From Brisbane to Sydney, many thousands of Australians have been reliving a devastating experience they hoped – in 2021, 2020, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012 or 2010/11 – would never happen to them again.

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SES boss defends decision to reject army assistance days before northern NSW floods

NSW State Emergency Service commissioner Carlene York defends a decision not to accept offers of help from the army in the lead-up to the catastrophic floods in the state's north.

ABC News

Satellite images show NSW floods transform Woodburn in Northern Rivers from sea of green to sea of mud

Satellite images reveal how floodwaters inundated the town of Woodburn, in NSW’s Northern Rivers region — this is how high the water rose.

The Guardian - AU

Rural bushfire survivors forecast an insurance storm for flood regions

NSW south coast residents reveal the challenges flood survivors can expect to face – and insurance is a common theme

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison says Covid close contact isolation rule ‘redundant’, more mobile homes on way to NSW flood victims – as it happened

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Northern NSW flood crisis takes an emotional toll on medical staff involved in rescue and recovery

Medical staff in northern NSW describe the emotional toll the flood rescue and recovery has had on them.

The New Daily

Bridget McKenzie grilled on Today as anger grows at government flood crisis response

The Morrison government's response to the flood crisis in Queensland and NSW has found few fans this week, with some attacks coming from unlikely sources.

ABC News

Rahima's house burnt down in the Lismore floods — she's seen an opportunity

This Lismore resident's home was destroyed in Lismore's record-breaking floods — like many others, she doesn't want to leave the area, but wants to make sure whatever she rebuilds can stand the test of time.

The Guardian - AU

Australia bans imports of Russian oil, petroleum, gas and coal – as it happened

Australia follows lead of US and UK with Russia sanctions; ‘We want tradies to come to Queensland,’ premier says. This blog is now closed

ABC News

Pleas for NSW flood survivors with disability to be prioritised for urgent housing, care

Disability service providers, carers and advocates say there's been a failure to address the needs of flood survivors living with disability, and are urging governments to make it a priority.

The Guardian - AU

In Lismore, it’s getting harder to tolerate climate inaction – and Morrison’s cowardly silence spoke volumes

This is Lismore’s second natural disaster in five years. The Coalition government doesn’t care about us

AAP

NSW Health staff sent north to flood zone

Health Minister Brad Hazzard says there are growing reports of gastroenteritis in the flood ravaged communities on the NSW north coast.

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