Squatters in flood buyback homes to be evicted and properties demolished, NSW premier says
by Australian Associated Press from on (#6VTXB)
Chris Minns vows to remove overseas visitors, tourists, backpackers' from Lismore houses during ex-Cyclone Alfred cleanup
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Squatters living in formerly vacant, water-damaged homes will be forcibly evicted as the clean-up begins from the latest spate of floods in northern New South Wales.
Chris Minns vowed on Tuesday to evict overseas visitors, tourists, backpackers" who he said were taking advantage of condemned properties left empty after being included in a state buyback scheme for Lismore homes after the 2022 floods.
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