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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On top of general heatwaves, record breaking seasonal temperatures, floods, freak storms and the most disappointing ski season we have ever had, the biggest impact to our family is my 8year olds mental health. He sees the news and what is happening with the climate. He learns about changes and climate change at school and almost every night when the lights have been turned off he says ‘mum I’m worried, why is nobody doing anything about climate change?’ ‘Mum what will happen to us if this keeps changing this fast?’ ‘Mum what can we do it actually make a difference?’ At least once a week he cries in disparity. We haven’t put this worry and fear in him, he is smart and open to see what is happening in the world.
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