More essential supplies are expected to return to the Northern Rivers today after chronic shortages across the region ever since ex-Cyclone Alfred’s risks first became urgent late last week.
The Doomsday Clock shifted to 89 seconds to midnight just a month ago, the closest humanity has ever come to catastrophic destruction since the clock started ticking in 1947.
Richmond Valley Council is urging Evans Head residents in low-lying areas to remain vigilant as heavy rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Alfred increases the risk of flooding.
In the week of the third anniversary of the devastating 2022 floods this week, the government-run corporation, The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA), tabled its 2023-24 annual report noting $54 million in wages.
After Council’s compliance team threatened to demolish the homes of a small Main Arm multiple occupancy (MO) community, councillors voted unanimously last Thursday to review their enforcement policy in the coming months.
The latest information from the Bureau of Meteorology shows that Tropical Cyclone Alfred is now at Category 2, and is expected to make landfall between the Sunshine Coast and Grafton, with the eye currently expected to cross the coast just south of Brisbane.
Many but not all businesses and services closed owing to evacuations, power outages and road closures over the past few days in Lismore are expected to resume operations today.
Byron Shire Council has sought to ensure that at least 10 per cent of the housing in a new suburb proposed for the Shire’s north will be affordable, and remain so into the future.
While the national media was focused on the federal election announcement being delayed by Tropical Cyclone Alfred, for those of us who were close to the storm it was striking to see how differently state and federal leaders handled this situation to their predecessors.
