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Committee plays the long game

But it’ll still put a dampener on things.

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Jaya Roche and Cory Lowe bought their former rental home in Murwillumbah for $200.

Jaya was forced out of her rental. She just bought the house for $200

Jaya Roche and partner Cory went to the auction to see what their former home in northern NSW sold for. The couple now need to find somewhere to relocate it.

  • Jack Gramenz
Brandon Armstrong is a third-generation oyster farmer on the Camden Haven River on the NSW Mid North Coast who has been impacted by multiple floods.

Climate disasters mean oysters could be in short supply this Christmas

Oysters will be scarcer, smaller and more expensive on Christmas tables this year after twin climate disasters in two states.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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As floodwaters surged into her Redfern home, Jacqui knew just what to do

Inner city residents are seeking to launch a class action as government agencies and road operators blame each other over storm damage to homes.

  • Kayla Olaya
A low-pressure system rapidly intensifying off Sydney’s coastline in the early hours of Thursday.

A polar vortex and a red-hot blob: Why Sydney just copped a month’s worth of rain

September is usually NSW’s driest month. Here’s why that’s not the case this year.

  • Angus Dalton
Images of a reported tornado captured from a NSW Rural Fire Service tower looking to the north-west of Young.

Lightning strike shuts down metro, tornado spins in southern NSW

Meanwhile, the rest of the state is facing flash-flooding and severe weather warnings as a low-pressure system rolls in from the west.

  • Josefine Ganko and Kayla Olaya
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Joseph El Jer and a screenshot fromn a video taken inside his 4WD on the day.

Joseph drove through floodwaters to give a five-year-old ‘an adventure’. He’s now pleaded guilty to the boy’s death

Joseph El Jer travelled through roads he knew were closed on his way back from Dubbo Zoo before his 4WD was swept away in fast-flowing waters up to 1.3 metres deep.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
A commuter tries to avoid copping a spray from traffic on the Pacific Highway in Artarmon

Sydney has recorded its wettest August in 27 years, and there’s more rain coming

Not since 1998 has Sydney had so much rain in August, with 11 days still left in the month.

  • Josefine Ganko
Scientists are working to confirm stories of a megaflood that struck the Sydney basin just before colonisation.
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Uncovering what could be Sydney's biggest flood

Scientists are working to confirm stories of a megaflood that struck the Sydney basin just before colonisation.

This Kyogle home sold for just $347.

This NSW house sold for $347. It came with a catch

Flood-affected homes bought back by the state government are going up for auction – and bidding starts at just $1.

  • Jessica McSweeney