Indigenous community leaders on the New South Wales far north coast say the emergency response to this year's flooding disaster ranged from unprepared and uncoordinated to non-existent.
The Bundjalung Nation Flood Response Report was released to the public today after earlier being submitted to the Independent Flood Inquiry.The emergency response was under resourced, unprepared, uncoordinated, and simply non-existent for many,
Report co-author Arrabella Dougles from the Tweed-based Currie Country Group was among those to speak at the release ceremony today."We are worried and concerned about our Aboriginal communities, and we are prepared to stand up and do it because if we don't we know we will be overlooked.
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