NSW floods
Premier flags potential ban on floodplain development
Minns said he found reports “concerning” that Hawkesbury Council was approving development applications for properties unlikely to receive insurance coverage.
- by Max Maddison
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‘High risk practice’: Council approves DAs on flood-threatened properties
With homes along the Hawkesbury facing serious flood risks and the prospect of not being able to obtain insurance, this council has continued to approve DAs.
- by Max Maddison
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Where home insurance costs $30,000 a year – or you can’t get a policy at all
Calls for government solutions grow louder as Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley residents smashed by floods now can’t insure their homes.
- by Max Maddison
‘We’ve got a house we can’t live in’: Flood insurance fallout under review
The federal government is launching an inquiry into how insurers handled the 2022 floods, as families battle insurers months on from the disaster.
- by Rachel Clun
Marge died in a flooded home, but her house is still not considered dangerous
Marge Graham’s South Lismore home is unlikely to qualify for a $700 million government buyback scheme to clear dangerous houses from the flood zone.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Severe weather smashes Sydney households, and insurance companies
NRMA Insurance data found that Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region were hit hardest, accounting for half of all wild weather claims in the state.
- by Laura Chung
Almost 80 per cent of flood victims denied ‘pathway to safety’
Thousands of people in the Northern Rivers will miss out on a $700 million program set up to help them escape the disaster zone or make their homes safer.
- by Catherine Naylor
‘No, we’re not cancelling our holidays’: When tourism collides with disaster
When an accommodation provider tried to help a flood victim in northern NSW, she was shocked by the obstacles.
- by Catherine Naylor
Jacob, 14, battled rising waters. Now he’s celebrating a victory
When their farm was engulfed with floodwaters Michelle Bryant and her son Jacob didn’t think they would be exhibiting their cattle at this year’s Easter Show.
- by Tim Barlass
Millions of native fish wash up dead near Menindee in outback NSW
The deaths have most likely been caused by low oxygen levels as floods recede, a situation made worse by fish needing more oxygen because of the warmer weather.
- by Stephanie Gardiner
‘It is madness’: Why dozens of people have bought into flood disaster zone
Tired of waiting, Lismore homeowners took matters into their own hands and sold up. Now new owners are not eligible for the scheme designed to save lives.
- by Heath Gilmore and Catherine Naylor