Member for Lismore
Janelle Saffin MP has welcomed disaster recovery funding to help sporting organisations and councils rebuild facilities impacted by last year’s floods.
Janelle Saffin MP has secured an extra $5million in funding for Lismore’s primary healthcare providers so thousands of patients can continue accessing GP and specialist care as the city recovers from catastrophic flooding almost a year ago. The MP spent many months lobbying the NSW and Australian governments on the critical need for tailored support.
Janelle Saffin MP has welcome modest joint funding from the Australian and NSW governments to fix rural drainage systems on the Northern Rivers but says urban or residential drains require attention as well. Both are legacy issues.
Janelle Saffin MP is encouraging eligible flood-impacted businesses and co-operatives to apply for grants ranging from $100,000 to $2million under the new Supply Chain Support Program.
Lismore MP Janelle Saffin’s idea of establishing a NSW Reconstruction Authority, modelled on the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, will be created with an extensive remit.
Janelle Saffin MP has met and thanked the expert team in Sydney who are conserving and restoring the Lismore Regional Gallery’s collection items, salvaged from the February 28 flood.
Janelle Saffin MP has arranged for some of photojournalist Jacklyn Wagner’s stunning portraits of Lismore’s flood survivors to be exhibited in Parliament House in November 2022.
Janelle Saffin MP has arranged for three of her Parliamentary colleagues and Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation staff to join for a familiarisation tour of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority in Brisbane.
Janelle Saffin MP has slammed a NSW Government announcement of an EOI for landowners as bitterly disappointing for residential homeowners impacted by the February and March floods.
Janelle Saffin MP has hailed Lismore Square’s reopening as a great example of how the city can ‘build back better’ from catastrophic flooding in late February this year.
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