Flood

Demolition of flooded supermarket, new design plans with ‘submarine room’ almost finished

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 5 December 2023

Woodburn IGA is being knocked down. Tanya and Neale Hundy have gone away during the demolition because it’s “emotional” to watch ... The IGA supermarket was renovated and modernised a year before it was flooded to the ceiling in the 2022 floods.

Norco’s ice cream factory’s sweet comeback

Rodney Stevens, Clarence Valley Independent - 29 November 2023

After being wiped out in Lismore’s biggest flood in living memory, the Norco Ice Cream factory reopened last Friday following a $100 million dollar rebuild. Challenges faced during the rebuild included securing electrical equipment due to global supply chain shortages...

Council approves raising home above permitted height to escape floods

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 27 November 2023

A house on Woodburn-Evans Head Road that flooded in February-March 2022 needs to be raised by 2.6metres and this would put it above the permitted height limit ... This decision impacts other properties where owners are wanting to raise homes above existing maximum heights so they can reduce risks in flooding ...

Workshop on flood resilience and recovery

Ted Rogers, On Our Selection News - 23 November 2023

Cambooya Landcare will host a workshop dealing with flood resilience and recovery at the Felton Hall this Saturday, 25th November. Intense rainfall events can damage farm, road and other infrastructure and lead to severe soil loss, with long term consequences for pasture and crop production and the health of creek systems.

When community recovery meets neighbourhood house . . . collaboration becomes the key

The Buloke Times - 21 November 2023

On Thursday, Neighbourhood House co-ordinators from across the Buloke Shire met with the newly appointed community recovery officers, Claire Cook, Bruce Stafford and Sam Wheelhouse, and their manager Jo Postlethwaite, to learn more about the Community Recovery Projects being rolled out in the Buloke Shire, and the potential for collaboration.

A year in review: What your council has done, how much it has spent and on what

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 20 November 2023

Kyogle Council released its 2022/2023 Annual Report and it makes for interesting reading ... The numbers in the report tell a story about the council and the community it serves...

Build it back somewhere better – a national conversation on assisted relocations: Natural Hazards Research Australia

Contributor, ARR.News - 16 November 2023

Suncorp Group and Natural Hazards Research Australia have released a discussion paper to help drive a national conversation on giving communities at high-risk of being repeatably impacted by extreme weather the opportunity to be relocated out of harm’s way. The discussion paper was developed out of a roundtable held in Canberra...

Diocese reverses decision on closing flood-damaged school

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 14 November 2023

“When can we go back?”– a mother said her daughter keeps asking when she can return to school. The mother was speaking at the community meeting in June about reopening St Joseph’s Primary School in Woodburn that was flooded in February last year.

MRSG explains ‘a better way’ to Senate Basin Plan hearing

Contributor, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper - 9 November 2023

“There are alternative investment options that deliver far greater and more sustainable environmental outcomes than the original architects of the Basin Plan’s approach of ‘just add water’. Sadly, politics doesn’t allow common sense to prevail. MRSG has also identified a range of project options that could achieve environmental outcomes while at the same time protecting staple food production, jobs, rural communities, economic activity and export earnings”: Louise Burge, Murray Regional Strategy Group.

Prepared for the next flood

Mim Rogers, Allora Advertiser - 8 November 2023

The damage caused to the Dalrymple Creek bank by previous flooding was a wake-up call that some sort of prevention needed to take place. The answer was stabilising the creek bank.

Flood Corporation withered – now we hope FloodCorp3 will provide serious relief

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 31 October 2023

It is the end of the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation. From Tuesday, October 31, the NRRC will be dissolved and its assets, rights and liabilities transferred to the NSW Reconstruction Authority. This is hardly a surprise...

As buybacks remove houses, the town shrinks and there’s nowhere else to go

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 31 October 2023

Woodburn needs better solutions for its flood recovery, councillor Robert Hayes said. At Richmond Valley Council’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 17, Mr Hayes asked the council to write to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces and the NSW Reconstruction Authority to express concern about the potential impacts of large-scale housing buybacks on the future of Woodburn.

Make a submission to Planning System inquiry

Rodney Stevens, Clarence Valley Independent - 25 October 2023

A NSW Parliamentary inquiry into the Planning System and the Impacts of Climate Change on the Environment and Communities is calling for public submissions and the Yamba Community Action Network Yamba CAN Inc is encouraging locals to show their concerns about what is happening on the Yamba floodplain.

A year after statewide floods … roads still in ruins

The Buloke Times - 24 October 2023

The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says more than one year after Victoria’s devastating 2022 flood event, the state’s crumbling roads are worse than ever and continue to fall into disrepair.

Council calls out “complete and utter disregard” from Insurance Council of Australia

Contributor, ARR.News - 23 October 2023

Lockyer Valley Regional Council says the integrity of the Insurance Council of Australia should be questioned, following months of unanswered correspondence from the region’s Mayor ... “Following the 2022 floods, the Insurance Council advised us they were willing to engage and could encourage insurers to undertake consistent and meaningful assessments for those impacted from flooding, but unfortunately it seems to have been empty promises": Mayor Milligan.

Youth-led local solution for disaster preparedness wins Disaster Challenge 2023

Contributor, ARR.News - 20 October 2023

A concept for young people aged 13-18 to take a leading role in disaster resilience in their local area has taken out the 2023 Disaster Challenge, run by Natural Hazards Research Australia in Melbourne.

Planning application concern

Viv Markham, Tarrangower Times - 20 October 2023

Opposition has been expressed by nearby residents regarding a proposed planning permit application for a 16-block subdivision in Maldon on land bordered by Lowther, Reef and Polsue Streets ... It is understood that their objections include the small size of some of the blocks and the inappropriateness of the development in relation to the surrounding area.

Expo strikes a chord

Mark Collins, Corryong Courier - 19 October 2023

A record number of 25 exhibitors showcased the resources that are available to communities before, during and after an emergency at the North East Emergency Expo in Corryong on Saturday.

Join WA Parks and Wildlife’s Trainee Ranger of the Year in the stunning environs of Bunuba country

Contributor, ARR.News - 19 October 2023

Meet Lionel Marr, a proud Bunuba man, who always felt a calling to return from the city back to his childhood home of Fitzroy Crossing. He wanted to know more about his country, his people and his culture and became a trainee ranger with the Parks and Wildlife Service, earning a coxswain skippers ticket. Lionel’s efforts during the Kimberley floods of January 2023, despite losing his family home, and his commitment to his job, earned him special recognition.

Richmond Landcare: Impacts of 2022 floods

Dunoon and District Gazette - 17 October 2023

Richmond Landcare, in collaboration with Border Ranges, Richmond Valley Landcare Network, and the Department of Planning and Environment, is proud to announce the release of a compelling video documenting the Environmental Impacts of the 2022 Flood Disaster on the Richmond River Catchment. The video aims to raise awareness and promote sustainable land management, by showcasing the devastating ecological consequences of the 2022 floods in the region.

Rous weeds

Dunoon and District Gazette - 17 October 2023

Kidney-leaf mud plantain (Heteranthera reniformis) is an aquatic weed that was brought to Australia as a decorative pond plant. It has since washed into our freshwater waterways where it slows the movement of water, impedes the growth of native water plants, and reduces the food supply for aquatic life.

Murray–Darling Basin Authority communique, October 2023

Contributor, ARR.News - 13 October 2023

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) met on 11 October in person on Ngunnawal Country (Canberra) ... Having returned from a 4-day listening tour of the lower Murray across South Australia and Victoria, Sir Angus shared reflections from farmers, local governments, First Nations, and communities impacted by the 2022 and 2023 floods who now face the prospect of hot and drying conditions.

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