NSW Reconstruction Authority– media releases

In a step forward for the region’s housing recovery, flood-affected homeowners will get the first opportunity to buy into Goonellabah’s Mount Pleasant estate, as sales officially launch today.

Flood impacted homeowners across the Northern Rivers and Central West will have more time to make decisions to raise or retrofit homes, with an official extension to the Resilient Homes Program timelines announced today. 

The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is rolling out a new series of targeted information and industry sessions to help flood-impacted residents in the Northern Rivers and Central West move from the planning phase into active construction and relocation.

The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) will host a new targeted information and industry session next month to help flood-impacted residents in the Central West move from the planning phase into active construction and relocation.

Land purchased through the Resilient Homes Program at sites in the Northern Rivers and Central West will now have more flexible land uses, allowing them to be repurposed for community benefit.

Work is underway on a new $2.85 million flood pumping station, a project born from years of community advocacy to bolster the safety and resilience of Murwillumbah.

Bluff Bridge is now open to the public, delivering a safer and more flood-resilient connection for motorists along Orara Way in northeast New South Wales.

A grassroots not-for-profit organisation providing disability services to the residents of Northern NSW has opened at a new site in the centre of Lismore, thanks to funding as part of the NSW Government’s Northern Rivers Towns and Villages Resilient Business Activation Program.

A new generation of homeowners is seizing the opportunity to secure a future in the Northern Rivers, with young families dominating the bidding at Lismore’s third flood buyback auction of the year.

The Albanese and Minns Governments have committed more than $56 million in new funding to support Mid North Coast communities as they continue to rebuild following the severe weather of May 2025 and ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.