Many houses were buried in landslides or swept away. We had to rescue our neighbours from death or injury.
Main Arm, NSW
Our region, the Northern Rivers, has been impacted heavily by both flooding and bush fires in the past years. In the community where I was living during the big floods, many houses were buried in landslides or swept away. We had to rescue our neighbours from death or injury. The government was not very helpful. We had to organise ourselves.
Many have moved into homelessness or insecure living arrangements due to flooding displacement. Most people I know have some connection to the flooding and it’s impacts or bushfires or both. So far government has failed to offer any reasonable support to transition or act to prevent more climate damage. Every action we take now is so important in assisting the community to transition and creating a more liveable future. We need responsibility from our government now.
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