NSW Health apologises for billing Eugowra flood victims for helicopter rescues

Local leaders condemn insensitive cruelty' as residents remain shaken after weather event likened to an inland tsunami

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New South Wales Health have apologised for sending Eugowra flood victims bills for helicopter rescues.

The invoices will be waived, but outrage remains and local leaders say they should never have been sent out.

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