With temporary housing villages (pods) closing at the end of this year, community group House You has called on the NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) for assurances that those living in them will not become homeless.

The long term displacement – for over four years – of residents from Cabbage Tree Island (CTI) following the devastating 2022 floods will be heard at the UN in New York from 20 April to 1 May, says The Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council (Jali LALC).

Island and coastal communities, among others across the Northern Rivers, received evacuation directions over the weekend.

The NSW SES is directing people in All properties on Cabbage Tree Island to EVACUATE BEFORE 12pm Saturday, 8 March due to moderate to major flooding.

The NSW SES advises people at Cabbage Tree Island to PREPARE TO EVACUATE due to predicted dangerous major flooding at all properties on Cabbage Tree Island.

Following the devastating 2022 floods residents from Cabbage Tree Island have fought long and hard to be able to return to their homes on Cabbage Tree Island. 

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP has secured a review of the NSW Labor Government’s decision which dispossessed the Aboriginal community of Cabbage Tree Island from their traditional lands, with Minister for Aboriginal Affairs David Harris now committing to a 'future on the island' for residents.

Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is today calling on the NSW Premier and the Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Harris to undertake an urgent and independent review of the NSW government’s decision not to allow the residents of Cabbage Tree Island to return to live on the island after the 2022 floods.

The fate of the residents of Cabbage Tree Island is still unclear, as stakeholders continue with more meetings and court appearances in the hopes of finding a resolution.

Around 80 residents of Cabbage Tree Island, just south of Wardell, say they want to return home after the 2022 floods, but the Local Aboriginal Land Council, Jali, have other ideas.