Flood Buyback Could Have Happened Quicker: Senator

Flood Buyback Could Have Happened Quicker: Senator
Flooding is shown by helicopter around Maitland, Australia, on July 8, 2022. David Swift-Pool/Getty Images
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The emergency management minister has admitted a buyback scheme for houses damaged in last year’s Lismore floods should have been moving faster.

As the federal government announced new multi-million dollar disaster recovery funding one year on from the devastating deluge, Senator Murray Watt said he wanted to see more houses being taken up in the buyback scheme.

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