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Subscriber only Widespread rain across the Wilsons River catchment area overnight is contributing to Minor Flooding in the city this morning. The Bureau of Meteorology said heavy rainfall on Tuesday and overnight into Wednesday has caused river level rises in the tributaries upstream of Lismore. A minor flood peak is expected at Lismore this afternoon. River levels along Leycester Creek peaked at Rock Valley near 3.8 metres around 5am this morning and along Goolmangar Creek river levels peaked at Goolmangar at 7.0 metres around 5am. Along Wilsons Creek River levels have peaked at Nashua at 3.8 metres around 3am and are nearing a peak at Eltham. Coopers Creek at Corndale peaked near 5.2 metres around 5am.
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Tom Tabart, Former Greens councillor
The letter from Louise Doran (24 March) has points that I as ‘the resident from Drysdale’ she addresses would have to agree with.
Yes the preselection of the current Greens councillors was hopelessly mismanaged and Byron has suffered the consequences of their being co-opted by Council staff, and lacking the knowledge and competence to break free.
This was largely owing to their own hubris but the control of Simon Richardson (whose party influence largely selected them) was a major factor.
Otherwise, I was saddened that Louise seeks to blame me and the Barham council for the loss of the Yelgun corridor to corporate greed. We fought long and hard against this development (check my letters in