More than 18 months after NSW floods, families with damaged homes are still entangled in bureaucracy

As the northern rivers approaches two years since the worst floods in recorded history, locals remain incensed over the apparent randomness of government supportGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChristine and Robert Westwood consider themselves lucky. When the worst flood in recorded history engulfed Murwillumbah in February last year, friends whose homes were gutted had to throw "virtually their whole lives" out on the street.A wall of water submerged the Tweed Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers, turning streets into rivers and trapping residents in their homes. Some were rescued from balconies by emergency services workers and locals on dinghies and jetskis. Two people died. Continue reading...