'We have to get out': despair returns to Lismore for those left out by flood buyback program | New South Wales
Many residents in the NSW town are yet to learn what government help – if any – they will get for their damaged homes
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Many residents in the NSW town are yet to learn what government help – if any – they will get for their damaged homes
The sums never made sense so it shouldn't come as a shock to many that the NSW government has walked back its offer to buy 2,000 homes impacted by the Northern Rivers flood, Bruce MacKenzie writes.
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.
NRRC chief executive David Witherdin says 300 offers already made to flood-affected homeowners
A North Lismore couple who have accepted a property buyback say a lack of detail on where new land will be developed is forcing their hand to leave the area.