Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to make the declaration while visiting Lismore in northern NSW on Wednesday, more than a week after the area was lashed by a torrent of water.
Stream more Australian news with Flash. Stay up to date with more than 20 global & local news sources. New to Flash? Try 1 month free now "We're seeing now serious flooding down in my part of the world - the Nepean reached levels, which aren't record levels, but they're certainly very high and we've seen flooding as a result of that.
"What really counts though here is putting in place the measures that are going to help those communities," he said. But Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek said the federal government had been too slow to act in its response to the floods crisis, saying residents feel like"they've been let down".
"We see in the immediate sort of safety and rescue operations, there's been lots of reports of people waiting too long for the help they need."
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