New South Wales Government Opens Independent Inquiry Into Flood Response

Volunteers from the State Emergency Service (SES) rescue a llama from a flooded farm house in western Sydney, Australia, on March 3, 2022. Muhammad Farooq/AFP via Getty Images

The New South Wales (NSW) government has launched an independent flood inquiry to examine and report on the causes, preparedness, response, and recovery from the unprecedented weather event.

The state’s former police commissioner Mick Fuller and its chief scientist Mary O’Kane will head the inquiry.