The Herald's View: NSW must rethink its flood strategy after Lismore failures
The floods which struck the NSW Northern Rivers region during this year’s big summer wet were a personal and financial tragedy from which it will take years to recover.
Unsuspecting residents had little chance to move to higher ground and found themselves clinging to their roofs as the torrent engulfed their streets.The parliamentary inquiry into the floods – which has been running since April – has exposed other areas where state agencies have performed poorly. The inquiry has also heard that thousands of people are still living in tents four months after the floods. While grants of up to $50,000 have been offered to businesses affected by the deluge, bureaucratic red tape has delayed payments which are desperately needed.In the meantime, a government inquiry is struggling to address the fundamental question raised by the floods which is whether people should be living in the flood-prone areas at all.
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