Flooded families seek answers: what happens next and who pays

Monique Courtney and Troy Andreassen’s home had water through the floorboards. They are waiting for insurance to be sorted out so that repairs can begin.

A group of family members living by a creek in Stanmore Bay, say they face an uncertain future after being flooded out of their homes on Anniversary Day.

Alethea Courtenay, her daughter Monique and son-in-law Troy Andreassen, are trying to move on from memories of washed out fences, inundated homes, cars written off and carrying the kids through waist-high smelly water to higher ground on the night of Friday, January 27.

“It’s six w...

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