Lismore squatters get cosy despite government threat to bulldoze homes
A short walk from the heart of Lismore are a bunch of homes among the gum trees on a dead end road called Pine Street. They ...
Can building houses better drive down insurance premiums?
With the intensity and frequency of natural disasters on the rise, planning experts and the insurance industry is having to ...
Lismore drink driver Marty Carter Wheatley in court after being rescued in Cyclone Alfred floodwaters
They say if it’s flooded, forget it. But it didn’t stop this drink driver who thought it would be a smart idea to cruise ...
Lismore councillor Big Rob calls for removal of squatters higher police presence in Northern Rivers amid rising crime
A councillor from Lismore City Council has urged the police to step up to stamp out rising crime while calling for the ...
Australian state Labor government moves to evict occupants from flood-damaged homes in Lismore
In the middle of a cyclone and flooding, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns ordered the removal of “squatters” from vacant ...
Councillor calls for Pine St, Lismore squatters to be turfed
A Northern Rivers councillor opposed to squatters occupying government-purchased flood buyback homes is pushing for council ...
Disaster lands long-term MP cabinet spot as car scandal still haunts
Lismore representative Janelle Saffin enters NSW cabinet while “minister for everything” John Graham is now permanently ...
The Sector7d
We spoke to kids after the Lismore floods. To recover, they told us they need support, time and hugs
Many children in Queensland and northern New South Wales have had their lives disrupted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
‘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.
Doug and Alyse spent three years fighting their insurance company. Then the floods came again
What happens if we keep getting smashed?” Many Lismore residents are considering their future after a near-repeat of flooding ...
Outraged Aussie mayor unleashes on freeloading squatters who've taken over his city - along with the Greens MP who refuses to condemn them
But local Greens MP Sue Higginson went on Ben Fordham 's 2GB breakfast show on Friday morning to accuse the Premier of ...
The Echo9d
Fire ants – one month ban on movement of high risk landscaping material
Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...