Mr Perrottet said he was 'very sorry' if people felt let down, but pledged that the government and emergency services would continue to work to support people during the recovery phase. 9News
Volunteers from the local Rural Fire Brigade help to clean up a flood-affected primary school in Tumbulgum.
"It's going to be a massive, massive job ahead of us. But we'll get through it and we'll get all these communities in the Northern Rivers not just back on their feet but we're going to build them back better than before," he added.host Karl Stefanovic on how he could have responded "better" to the crisis, Mr Perrottet said it was hard to assess in the initial stages.
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