Trauma, disbelief and plenty of ideas shared at NSW flood inquiry hearing in Lismore

Northern rivers residents make their voices heard at first community hearing into devastating events they say could have been avoided

Megan James, who lives near Nimbin, was the first of many speakers to take the microphone at a university lecture theatre in Lismore for the first community hearing of the 2022 New South Wales flood inquiry on Tuesday evening.

“I’m the voice in the hills, but we’re no longer heard,” James said.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/04/trauma-disbelief-and-plenty-of-ideas-shared-at-nsw-flood-inquiry-hearing-in-lismore

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