Last updated: December 29, 2014   National Breaking News  Couple
won't leave flood threatened home  JOHN and Judith Pullinger
have lived on the banks of the Clarence River in Grafton for
more than 30 years and despite flood evacuation warnings, they
have decided to stay put.  "I'm sitting looking at the flood,"
Mr Pullinger told AAP on Tuesday.  "It hasn't moved much since
this morning - it's running about four inches below the levee
and we've got an hour to go before it's supposed to peak."  The
river was expected to peak around midday (AEDT) at 8.1 metres,
the same height as the levee bank, leaving the northern NSW city
bracing for its worst flood on record.  When the Pullingers
built their new house last August they constructed the floors
300mm above the levee height. If the waters break the levee,
they will still have a sizeable margin.  "This is the biggest
flood I've seen, certainly up higher on the levee than others
have been," Mr Pullinger said.  "Out in the middle, the Clarence
is scooting by, hootin