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CSIRO NRRI Report – BES’ Ballina Community Session Summary
NEMA and CSIRO held public information sessions across the catchment (Kyogle, Casino, Ballina and Coraki) to present the findings of the June 2026 NRRI final report and receive community comment on the flood mitigation options it outlines. This note summarises the Ballina session for BES members ahead of our next general meeting.
CSIRO's Northern Rivers Flood Report: Strong Science, But Some Big Questions Remain
CSIRO's long-awaited final report on flood mitigation options for the Richmond River catchment is out. The engineering modelling behind it is genuinely rigorous – but the same can't be said for how nature-based options and the wider environmental picture were treated, and even the most ambitious option modelled still wouldn't have stopped Lismore's worst flood from breaching the CBD levee.