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1254 - Emergency Services - DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Higginson, Sue to the Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, and Minister for Jobs and Tourism representing the Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government, Minister for Emergency Services, and Minister for Youth Justice
DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Can the Minister please advise, in relation to the major flooding in February and March of 2022:

(1) How many homes were flooded in the Lismore City Council area?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(2) How many homes were flooded in the Byron Shire?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(3) How many homes were flooded in the Tweed Shire?

(a) Specifically, how many homes were flooded in each suburb in the area?

(4) What are the current criteria under the Resilient Homes Program for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(5) Will the criteria change in future funding tranches for the Resilient Homes Program?

(a) If yes, what data will be used to inform the change?

(6) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Lismore City Council area requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(7) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Byron Shire requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(8) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Tweed Shire requested a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(9) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Lismore City Council area have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(10) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Byron Shire have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(11) How many flood-impacted homeowners in the Tweed Shire people have been approved for a house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(12) What is the average estimated cost per house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(13) What is the average actual cost per house:

(a) buyback?

(b) raising?

(c) retrofit?

(14) How many flood-impacted houses in the Lismore City Council area were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(15) How many flood-impacted houses in the Byron Shire were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(16) How many flood-impacted houses in the Tweed Shire were:

(a) uninsured

(b) rentals?

(c) primary homes?

(17) What is the initial and ongoing cost per modular home for the temporary housing program for flood-affected areas in New South Wales?

(18) What were the flood levels recorded for the two flood events of 2022 in:

(a) Lismore City Council Area?

(b) Byron Shire?

(c) Tweed Shire?

(19) How many homes were flooded in the Lismore City Council area to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(20) How many homes were flooded in the Byron Shire to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(21) How many homes were flooded in the Tweed Shire to the level of:

(a) 1 millimetre to 99 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(b) 100 millimetre to 199 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(c) 200 millimetre to 299 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(d) 300 millimetre to 399 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(e) 400 millimetre to 499 millimetre depth above their approved and or actual floor levels?

(22) How many of these flooded premises by suburb are subject to applications for assistance to better withstand future flooding under the Resilient Homes Program?

(a) How many would have been approved in the Lismore City Council area by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022?

(b) How many would have been approved in the Byron Shire by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022? 

(c) How many would have been approved in the Tweed Shire area by suburb, if the eligibility criterion was changed from having to be below 100 millimetres, above the 2020 published 1-in-20-year flood level, to what flooded in 2022?
Answer -
DAM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

I am advised that:

(1) 1585

(a) The number of homes flooded in each suburb of the Lismore City Council area is as follows:

SUBURB

CORAKI 10

NORTH WOODBURN 36

EAST LISMORE 203

WYRALLAH 8

SOUTH GUNDURIMBA 16

LISMORE 285

MONALTRIE 14

KILGIN 1

RUTHVEN 10

BROADWATER 0

EAST CORAKI 9

SOUTH LISMORE 524

LOFTVILLE 17

GIRARDS HILL 155

NORTH LISMORE 220

RICHMOND HILL 2

STONY CHUTE 0

TATHAM 1

WOODLAWN 0

DUNGARUBBA 2

MCKEES HILL 0

TUCKI TUCKI 10

TUNCESTER 7

BOOERIE CREEK 6

LISMORE HEIGHTS 4

FERNSIDE 0

HOWARDS GRASS 0

LAGOON GRASS 3

BOAT HARBOUR 1

BEXHILL 26

MAROM CREEK 4

BUCKENDOON 7

GREEN FOREST 2

TUCKURIMBA 1

MCLEANS RIDGES 1

NIMBIN 0

TOTAL 1585

(2) 817

(a) The number of homes flooded in each suburb of the Byron City Council is as follows:

SUBURB

MULLUMBIMBY 468

NEW BRIGHTON 10

SOUTH GOLDEN BEACH 183

OCEAN SHORES 122

MULLUMBIMBY CREEK 0

WILSONS CREEK 1

UPPER WILSONS CREEK 2

MAIN ARM 0

PALMWOODS 0

BRUNSWICK HEADS 26

UPPER MAIN ARM 0

HUONBROOK 0

WANGANUI 0

BANGALOW 0

FEDERAL 0

BYRON BAY 5

TYAGARAH 0

TOTAL 817

(3) 1648

(a) The number of homes flooded in each suburb of the Tweed Shire is as follows:

SUBURB

MURWILLUMBAH 219

SOUTH MURWILLUMBAH 212

TUMBULGUM 119

CHINDERAH\ 587

CONDONG 77

TYGALGAH 42

BRAY PARK 34

NORTH TUMBULGUM 11

EVIRON 8

UKI 12

NUNDERI 6

FINGAL HEAD 34

DULGUIGAN 7

TWEED HEADS SOUTH 2

BANORA POINT 29

HASTINGS POINT 0

POTTSVILLE 75

KINGSCLIFF 23

WOOYUNG 12

BOGANGAR 45

TWEED HEADS WEST 39

BILAMBIL HEIGHTS 0

COBAKI 0

BILAMBIL 0

COBAKI LAKES 0

TERRANO RA 0

CRABBES CREEK 1

UPPER BURRINGBAR 4

BURRINGBAR 37

MOOBALL 11

CHILLINGHAM 2

TERRAGON 0

TOTAL 1648

(4) This information is publicly available at the Resilient Homes Program website.

(5) Any changes will be determined by future decisions of the NSW Government.

(6) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 2685 program registrations in total within the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(7) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 977 program registrations in total within the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(8) Participants in the Program are prioritised based on whether they are in a location that has significant risk to life to warrant a voluntary buyback. In significantly lower risk locations, participants are prioritised for home raising or retrofit to reduce economic and social impacts from smaller scale flood events. There have been 1,339 program registrations in total within the Tweed Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023.

(9) 

(a) 440 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners in the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(10)

(a) 4 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners in the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(11)  

(a) 117 buyback offers have been approved for homeowners the Tweed Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023

(b) Nil as at 29 September 2023

(c) Nil as at 29 September 2023.

(12)  

(a) $600,000 for each house buyback

(b) $100,000 for each house raising

(c) $50,000 for each house retrofit.

(13)  

(a) $583,567 as at 29 September 2023

(b) No home raisings have been completed by 29 September 2023

(c) No home retrofits have been completed by 29 September 2023.

(14) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(15) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(16) This information is not available to the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

(17) Various pod styles, sizes, providers and contractors have been used across flood­ affected areas in New South Wales. These pods have been established in both village and private property style programs. Establishment and ongoing costs vary greatly over location and time, and an average cost is unable to be calculated.

(18) This information is publicly available at the National Emergency Management Agency website.

(19) 

WATER LEVEL Number of homes flooded in Lismore City Council

1mm - 5mm 52

5mm-300mm 87

300mm - 1500mm 305

1500-2400mm 759

>2400mm 295

Not noted 87

TOTAL 1585

(20)

WATER LEVEL Number of homes flooded in Byron Shire

1mm - 5mm 157

5mm-300mm 408

300mm - 1500mm 188

1500-2400mm 8

>2400mm 2

Not noted 54

TOTAL 817

(21)

WATER LEVEL Number of homes flooded in the Tweed Shire Council

1mm - 5mm 138

5mm-300mm 417

300mm - 1500mm 494

1500-2400mm 115

>2400mm 21

Not noted 463

TOTAL 1648

(22) 

(a) There have been 2685 registrations for the Resilient Homes Program in the Lismore City Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 2685 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the 2022 event.

(b) There have been 977 registrations for the Resilient Homes Program in the Byron Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 977 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the 2022 event.

(c) There have been 1339 registrations for the Resilient Homes program in the Tweed Shire Council area as at 29 September 2023. A precondition of registration for the program requires that the home was impacted by the 2022 floods. Consequently, all 1339 registered homeowners would qualify for assistance under the Program if the criteria for assistance was changed to only reflect impacts from the 2022 event.

Question asked on 25 September 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 99
Answer received on 17 October 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 115

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