A group of 6800 Queenslanders is calling for New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Robert Beech-Jones to make a decision before Christmas on their almost nine-year class action for compensation from Seqwater for damage to their homes in the 2011 floods.
Justice Beech-Jones retired in March 2019 to consider the evidence presented during the trial, which began in the NSW Supreme Court in December 2017.
Resident Lyn Lynch, whose Fernvale home was flooded to the ceiling, says victims who are still suffering years later, hope to have a decision made by this Christmas.
"Of course it would be lovely before Christmas, but ... but I don’t like counting my chickens before they hatch," she said.