Joint media release with Jaclyn Symes MP

Disaster assistance has been made available to eight communities affected by the recent severe weather events in Victoria’s east, under the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Joint media release with the Hon Tara Moriarty MLC, the Hon Paul Scully MP and the Hon Jihad Dib MP

Joint media release with the Hon Tara Moriarty MLC and the Hon Paul Scully MP

Waterways and estuaries including creeks, rivers and wetlands impacted by last year’s floods will be regenerated and protected from future disasters through a Riparian Stabilisation Package.

The $64 million package from the Albanese and Minns Governments targets riparian land that pose a significant threat to public safety, assets and the environment due to damage caused by flooding in early 2022 (AGRN 1012).

Joint media release with the Hon Mark Bailey MP

Flood recovery works spanning over 1800 kilometres of roads have begun in the Western Downs, delivered by Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Funding for the works is being jointly provided by the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, (DRFA).

Works will repair damage caused by heavy rainfall events between November 2021 and May 2022, and will be delivered over the next 15 months.

Joint media release with the Hon Jihad Dib MP

Disaster assistance will be made available in the Bega Valley Shire Local Government Area (LGA) following severe bushfires on 3 October 2023.

Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Murray Watt said the bushfire across the Bega Valley area caused significant damage. 

Joint media release with the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC

Seven Prescribed Body Corporates (PBCs) impacted by the one-in-one-hundred-year flooding in Western Australia’s Kimberley region earlier this year will receive government support to continue their important recovery role.

Australia’s first responders are now one step closer to improved communications during an emergency, following the establishment of the Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) Taskforce.

The announcement of the Taskforce comes ahead of the National Bushfire Summit, being held in Canberra today (Monday).

The PSMB Taskforce will be responsible for laying the groundwork for the long-term public safety communications infrastructure, prioritising the partnerships with state and territory governments to ensure they have a voice in its design.

Australia’s first National Disaster Preparedness Summit will get underway in Canberra today, as the country gears up for hot, dry spring and summer seasons. 

The Prime Minister and the Minister for Emergency Management will join around 250 crisis management, response and recovery specialists from governments, industry, community and the not-for-profit sector who are attending the two-day event convened by the Government’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on September 25-26. 

Joint media release with the Hon Brendan O’connor MP and the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC

The Albanese and Cook Governments are delivering support for the clean-up, rehabilitation and monitoring of the long-term impacts of affected environmental, heritage and cultural assets impacted by the January floods, through a new joint funded grants program.