
Saffin idea on disaster reconstruction set to become law
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.
Member for Lismore
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.
Janelle Saffin MP has asked the NSW Government to consider extending its trial of its Washing Machine Replacement Program to include flood-impacted residents and widening its scope to include more white goods retailers.
Janelle Saffin MP from day one advocated for the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation. This powerful regional authority goes to work from Friday and she says the task of ‘building back better’ from the floods demands a strategy, funding and empathy for affected local communities.
Janelle Saffin MP again has gone into bat for more than 230 Norco employees, local dairy farmers and small businesses who rely on the co-operative, calling for a State rescue package to help rebuild its flood-damaged ice-cream factory in South Lismore. The package comprises of extra funding and a holiday from payroll tax.
Janelle Saffin MP has asked NSW Treasurer Matt Kean for a 12-month time extension to allow locals to continue using their Dine NSW and Discover NSW vouchers in flood-affected LGAs on the Northern Rivers.
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