NSW will ask the federal government to help cover the estimated $3 billion bill for the large-scale clean-up and long-term recovery plan for the Northern Rivers floods.
A day after leaked details from a flood inquiry indicated the state’s newly created emergency response structure was set for a major overhaul, the NSW government said it would ask the Commonwealth to back a major flood recovery and prevention program. This could include elements similar to the Grantham land swap program in 2012 to safeguard the flood-ravaged Queensland community.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
