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Don’t panic… there’s a training exercise underway at Lismore Airport. Read the initial story at https://lismore.app.link/p8Kees542zb or on the website www.lismoreapp.com.au

Merry Christmas Lismore and the Northern Rivers! The team at the Lismore App wish you a wonderful day with family and/or friends. We have a number of Christmas Messages from prominent people in our community. To read them, click on the News button on the Lismore App or the Lismore App website www.lismoreapp.com.au.

The storm cell was isolated with certain towns, like Caniaba, getting hail while others like Goonellabah only felt rain. The storm warning has now been cancelled.

Voting at Goonellabah Public School. Check out the routine of former Mayor's Jenny Dowell and Vanessa Ekins and candidate for Page Kevin Hogan!

At a surprise media conference this afternoon, MP Kevin Hogan announces big bucks for NSW flood mitigation projects. Accompanied by Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg, they both are keen to see CSIRO flood research applied to the local area - including water diversion projects. See the live stream video here and read the Lismore App report here https://lismoreapp.com.au/news-sport/news/the-flood-mitigation-debate-is-over-government-throws-big-bucks-at-solutions?id=6233f52178b39605c54aaca9

The people of lismore come together at a "block party" in the cbd. Outside the koori mail offices and the levee that overtopped, music and free food brought together the community. A respite from cleaning muddy homes on a sunny day. With electricity still not on in many parts of lismore, these are challenging times for locals who are still surrounded by rubbish and wet walls of houses.

The smell of rotting garbage and flood mud is dissipating as the clean up of the streets of Lismore CBD gets underway. Four contracting companies are hard at work with machinery and brooms, moving nearly 100,000 tonnes of rubbish. Liina Flynn reports.

Our beautiful town is heart-breakingly under water. This footage was taken from Esmonde Street on Girards Hill. Even Aldi on Ballina Road is under water. The Lismore App will keep you updated throughout the day. Read more on: https://lismore.app.link/Dcw1BQdXZnb and the Lismore App website www.lismoreapp.com.au

Hundreds of nurses marched through Lismore today in a protest calling for fair conditions... read more on the Lismore App https://lismore.app.link/MAhkMWJSEnb or the Lismore App website https://lismoreapp.com.au/news-sport/news/frustrated-angry-nurses-protest-and-call-for-fair-pay-and-conditions?id=620af54431c856023fe23d7d

Hundreds of nurses from Tweed to Grafton gathered in Lismore today to protest for fair conditions... read more on the Lismore App https://lismore.app.link/MAhkMWJSEnb or the Lismore App website https://lismoreapp.com.au/news-sport/news/frustrated-angry-nurses-protest-and-call-for-fair-pay-and-conditions?id=620af54431c856023fe23d7d

The car that died in the river today...

Reverse vending machine installed in Lismore