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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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Report slams performance of post-flood programs
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) has begun rolling out a new series of targeted information and industry sessions to help flood-impacted residents in the Northern Rivers move from the planning phase into active construction and relocation. This comes in the wake of the NSW Auditor-General’s scathing report on the performance of the $880 million Resilient…
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Nimbin Time
There’s something they don’t tell you when you move to Nimbin: time operates differently in this village. Those familiar with the concept of “island time” may note some similarities, but there’s quirks to Nimbin that make it an entirely unique phenomenon where time becomes as malleable as clay. When I first arrived in early 2023,…
