We spoke to kids after the Lismore floods. To recover, they told us they need support, time and hugs
A new project worked with children after the disastrous 2022 Lismore floods. There are lessons for how to help young people ...
Squatters in flood-prone Lismore thrust into spotlight after ex-Cyclone Alfred
The squatters, thrust into the spotlight after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, say they will "work as a team" to resist any ...
Paradigm shift: Boots and boats steer once bitten, twice shy flood town through Alfred
A s Tropical Cyclone Alfred lifted its lethal skirts this week from the battered river township of Lismore in far northern ...
‘Fight tooth and nail’: Squatters’ vow to stay after news homes in Lismore’s floodline will be demolished
Squatters occupying vacant homes deemed a “serious risk” to life will “fight tooth and nail” to stay following news the houses would be demolished after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
On a flood-ravaged Lismore street, ‘squatters’ take on premier
With nowhere to go, these people turned a street of condemned government-owned homes into a community. Now Chris Minns has ...
Lismore prepared for the worst. Now boxes are being unpacked as life returns to normal
For days, business owners in Lismore worked desperately to prepare for flooding they feared could transport the town back to ...
‘The anxiety returns’: Filipina in Lismore relives 2022 flooding as Ex-Cyclone Alfred brings more rains
Three years after the devastating 2022 Lismore floods, Filipino resident Marmonie Altman faces renewed anxiety as Cyclone ...
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Squatters in flood-prone Lismore thrust into spotlight after ex-Cyclone Alfred
A collective of squatters in a flood-prone city in regional NSW say they will work as a team to "thwart off the enemy" in the face of eviction. Lismore properties were bought by the the government ...
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In flood-prone Lismore, an all-too familiar grind
Locals checking out the flood levels in Lismore on Saturday. Nick Moir So it goes in flood-prone Lismore, the northern NSW town that is among the hardest hit by the days of heavy rain and high ...
‘War’: NSW Premier Chris Minns slammed over decision to knock down Lismore homes following ex-Tropical Cycone Alfred
A decision to knock down houses in northern NSW after emergency crews had to check if vacant homes occupied by squatters had been evacuated ahead of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s expected landfall has ...
Lismore ‘squatters collective’ block street as NSW Premier vows to demolish flood-prone houses
Members of a “squatters collective” have returned to the town of Lismore and barricaded streets with parked cars and “human shields” to block access to the street this week, warning officials they ...