Series
After the floods
A year after Lismore was devastated, we revisit its people and businesses as they chart a way forward - or out.
The scars linger in a broken city. For many, only a flicker of hope remains
Some of Lismore’s flood survivors have charted a way out. Some are still cooking on camp stoves in homes without walls. These are their stories.
- Catherine Naylor
‘Crazy brave’: the businesses taking on Australia’s flood capital
Meet the people with dreams to make a mark in the world. Only, they chose Lismore to do it.
- Heath Gilmore
‘It is madness’: Why dozens of people have bought into flood disaster zone
Tired of waiting, Lismore home owners took matters into their own hands and sold up. Now new owners are not eligible for the scheme designed to save lives.
- Heath Gilmore and Catherine Naylor
Other series
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
This year’s laugh fest has kicked off, with more than 2000 performers stepping up to the mic. Here, our writers take a closer look
- 10 stories
Hate of origin: Inside football’s most intense rivalry
Essendon and Hawthorn have hated each other for more than 40 years, from some old-fashioned thuggery and a fake drug scandal in the mid-80s to last year’s failed bid by the Hawks to poach the Bombers’ captain.
- 5 stories