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Halt pod village evictions until reuse is finalised
After countless calls, meetings and conversations with anyone we knew connected to the pod villages – the Ministerial offices for Recovery and Housing, the Community Housing Providers (CHPs) village managers (Northern Rivers Housing, Uniting, and Baptist Care which no longer manages Coraki, yet no-one can confirm who does), state MPs, councillors, the NSW Reconstruction Authority,…
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Long awaited flood report released
The CSIRO has released its final report for the Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative (NRRI) on flood mitigation which used complex modelling to investigate the impact of water detention projects on river levels during flooding in the Richmond River catchment. Utilising data from the 2008, 2017 and 2022 floods and information from Northern Rivers residents, the…
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Circular Timber
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Australia has an opportunity to lead the way in recovering valuable building materials, according to a new research report from Living Lab Northern Rivers, Circular Timber. The report shows that carefully deconstructing buildings – rather than demolishing them – can save high-quality timber, reduce waste and create local jobs, and recommends national guidelines so the…
