LIFELINE FOR FLOODED ICE CREAM FACTORY

On the eve of impending stand downs, 170 employees at Norco’s Lismore ice cream factory were informed that a bespoke financial support package from the federal government would keep them employed by the dairy cooperative for another 10 weeks.

Enabling time for the completion and assessment of a grant application under the Anchor Business Support.

The damage bill at the ice cream factory is more than $100-million.

It’s been out of action since being flooded on February 28.

NBN has the footage of how the factory looked at the time before we bring you the full story tonight on the factory’s lifeline.