Recovery Centre for Murwillumbah open through the weekend

07 April 2017

The Murwillumbah Recovery Centre at the Murwillumbah Community Centre in Nullum Street next to Knox Park will be open this weekend.

A hotline for the Recovery Centre for Murwillumbah has been established, which is (02) 66702133.

The Centre is open seven days a week from 9am to 6pm until further notice.

The centre provides a one stop shop for affected residents, businesses and farmers to access recovery assistance from a range of agencies and organisations.

For those requiring assistance, representatives of key welfare, business and insurance agencies will be on hand, or via referral from the site, to give help, advice and information to affected residents and business people.

Agencies based at the recovery centres will include Health, Disaster Welfare, Primary Industries, Insurance Agencies, Family and Community Services, Business Connect, Legal Aid, EPA, Centrelink, Red Cross and Safe Work NSW.

A natural disaster area has been declared in six local government areas including Lismore, Ballina, Byron, Kyogle, Richmond Valley and the Tweed.

A recovery committee chaired by Euan Ferguson has been appointed to manage the recovery process and will meet regularly to ensure a coordinated approach is adapted to the recovery.

For more information about how to seek assistance visit www.emergency.nsw.gov.au