At a glance: key recommendations of the NSW flood inquiry report

Independent inquiry into the 2022 floods finds existing agencies failed, and calls for conversion of flood plain land

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The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, on Wednesday handed down the report of the independent inquiry into the 2022 floods.

The inquiry found several failures and made 28 recommendations for change, which it said were intended to provide practical, proactive and sustained mechanisms to ensure readiness for and resilience" ahead of future floods.

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