City of Newcastle (CN) has welcomed an NSW Parliamentary review into the way the NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) operates.

It comes after CEO Jeremy Bath and Deputy Lord Mayor Charlotte McCabe met with Minister for Recovery Janelle Saffin and Charlestown MP Jodie Harrison on Thursday 16 October.

Ironically, it was Greens councillor Siobhan Isherwood who called on the state agency for answers last month as to why it “shrugged off” its New Lambton landslip responsibility.

The RA announced it would not be the lead organisation for the recovery phase of the incident – which destroyed 15 homes and displaced 29 residents on 23 May – in a letter to CN in July.

Sadly, the suburb suffered another bout of heavy rainfall soon after, increasing the danger zone around the area.

It’s understood

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