One in 10 Buybacks Cleared Nearly Two Years After Flood

People use small boats to travel through flood water in Lismore, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2022. Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP

Only over one in 10 homeowners who applied for help after catastrophic flooding in northern New South Wales (NSW) have received a guarantee their house will be bought by the government.

Data to the end of September shows 11 percent of the 5001 buyback applications made across the Tweed, Byron and Lismore council areas have been approved as the two-year anniversary of the disaster nears.