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The Informer: No respite, flood threat moves down east coast

Janine Graham
Updated March 1 2022 - 5:46pm, first published 5:30pm
An Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter flies over flood-affected properties in the Ballina region of New South Wales as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Capt C Barnett.
An Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter flies over flood-affected properties in the Ballina region of New South Wales as part of Operation Flood Assist 2022. Photo: Capt C Barnett.

It's almost as if 2022 is playing some sick prank: "here Australia, deal with these floods. Newcastle, today you get a massive fire - in the shadow of fuel depot no less; and Tasmania, you can do without the internet."

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Janine Graham

Janine Graham

Illawarra Mercury Deputy Editor

Onetime sports reporter, chief-of-staff, editor and national digital news editor. Email me: janine.graham@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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