‘Disaster capitalism’: What’s happening after climate catastrophe
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What's Behind the Delays in the Buyback Scheme?
$700 million has been made available as part of the recovery fund to help reconstruct the Northern Rivers region. 2000 people will have the opportunity to have their house physically raised, so raised above the possible height of any floodwaters that may come through. Another 2000 will have their home retrofit so that they can be prepared for future floods as they come. To date, there have been about 6,200 people who have registered their interest in this program. That figure was made public in January, so it has likely increased since then. There are already people that have walked away because the wait is too long. Nobody knows what's happening. You register and you hear nothing. Just nothing. The big
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