Bureau of Meteorology confirms rainfall records smashed during recent NSW flooding

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The mid-north coast region of New South Wales is still recovering after last month's heavy rain flooded the region.  The town of Kempsey is expected to see its recovery centre open until July as relief efforts continue. Kempsey Shire Mayor Kinne Ring says the council will waive interest rates for flood impacted residents but that it will come at a price.

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00:00we've had 26 natural disasters in Kempsey since 2009 and even just today we have a council meeting

00:09where we're noting that we're going to waive interest rates for those affected by the disaster

00:13and have a few other I guess supports for those those people who are affected and that's part of

00:22what we do already because we are in such a natural disaster prone area but truth be told

00:28like we can't afford to waive rates we can't afford to forego income in terms of being a local council

00:34and moving forward local councils in particular are always strapped for cash we have a significant

00:41asset backlog particularly with our roads which has only gotten worse with all of the disasters

00:47that we've had so in terms of looking forward you know some of our businesses have built back with

00:53with tiles and things like that to make them more resilient and we're also doing a lot of work in

00:59terms of trying to bring our community back together post this disaster I mean we haven't

01:04been able to play sport for a matter of months it's been a really challenging time

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