After being turned away when she felt she was in critical need, this northern NSW mother is seeking 20,000 signatures for her calls for a specialised support unit for new mums to to go state parliament.
Extra flood disaster payments will be rolled out for some heavily-hit Northern Rivers residents but others have been overlooked in a move that one MP has described as “disgusting”.
Katie Matthews repeatedly called triple-0 for someone to save her 69-year-old father from raging floodwaters in Lismore but no one came. On Wednesday, her invite to take the PM on a tour of the heartache went unanswered.
A Lismore pilot who helped to rescue locals even as his planes were being hit by floodwater has contributed to the relief effort in another way.
A North Coast group has honed in on the very specific needs of pregnant and post-partum women in the wake of the devastating floods which have left thousands without a home.
Residents have shared their raw emotion over the devastation of the flood and the “truly amazing” help that has followed. It comes as an undetonated military item was found.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed to be on the ground in flood-ravaged Lismore as soon as he comes out of Covid isolation, revealing there will be significant new funding for the region.
Residents of a northern NSW town have been stranded in a telecommunications black hole as they dig themselves out of flood catastrophe. Here’s how they are doing it.
A senior SES member says there has been no incident “in any way comparable to this” in living memory in the North Coast town. See the video, photos.
As communities across the North Coast grapple with the impacts of ongoing flooding, footage has emerged of an amazing SES rescue near Casino. Rolling updates
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