/ 18 August 2022

Failures highlighted in NSW flood inquiry

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

The NSW Government will accept all 28 recommendations of an independent inquiry into the response to the state’s devastating floods that killed 9 people this year. A key failure outlined in the report was disaster agency Resilience NSW’s coordination issues when it came to emergency management, with a recommendation to downsize/refocus it on delivering support for the first 100 days post-disaster. The State Emergency Service (SES) was also found to be “unprepared” for large scale disasters, with the agency set to be partially merged with the Rural Fire Service (RFS) to improve volunteer training and other processes. And pointing to the growing threat of climate change, the report said residents living in the high-risk Northern Rivers flood plains need to be “urgently” relocated through land swaps and buy-backs. Premier Dominic Perrottet said they will start tackling that next month.

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