Buy back flood-hit homes now, says Committee for Sydney
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#61CYG)
There are 6,000 properties in the Hawkesbury-Nepean situated below the planning level for a one-in-100-year flood
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A Sydney policy think tank has recommended thousands of residents in the city's west hit with repeated flooding be offered buybacks to move off the flood plain.
It comes as NSW cleans up from yet another flood disaster and considers what to do before the next one hits.
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