Category: flood buyback

Lismore Mayor Slams Rollout of Flood Buybacks

The rollout of a home buyback scheme in the New South Wales’ (NSW’s) flood-prone Northern Rivers is creating additional trauma for victims, Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg says. Concern for those on the ground has been completely lacking from the program, which last week released mapping significantly reducing the number of homes expected to be initially…


Flood Buyback Could Have Happened Quicker: Senator

The emergency management minister has admitted a buyback scheme for houses damaged in last year’s Lismore floods should have been moving faster. As the federal government announced new multi-million dollar disaster recovery funding one year on from the devastating deluge, Senator Murray Watt said he wanted to see more houses being taken up in the…