❓ Mr. Rundle asks about outcomes from a COAG meeting regarding bushfire victim support, particularly concerning funding for the Stirling Range National Park. The Minister responds by outlining ongoing investigations and reviews related to bushfires and recovery funding.
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BUSHFIRES —
KATANNING AND SOUTH WEST
343. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a supplementary question.
That is why I informed the minister of last week's announcement of $600
million, of which $149.7 million is for the recovery for species and landscapes
program, which suits the Stirling Range National Park. Will the minister inform
the house of any positive outcomes from the meeting he said the Premier had
with the Council of Australian Governments on 12 March regarding support for
bushfire victims?
The SPEAKER : Member, just in
future, short, sharp, and it has to be with the previous question.
KATANNING AND SOUTH WEST
343. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I have a supplementary question.
That is why I informed the minister of last week's announcement of $600
million, of which $149.7 million is for the recovery for species and landscapes
program, which suits the Stirling Range National Park. Will the minister inform
the house of any positive outcomes from the meeting he said the Premier had
with the Council of Australian Governments on 12 March regarding support for
bushfire victims?
The SPEAKER : Member, just in
future, short, sharp, and it has to be with the previous question.
AnswerView source ↗
Thank
you, Mr Speaker. As the member knows, time at that COAG meeting was taken up
primarily with COVID-19, as it should have been. There was a small
exchange, so I believe. That is the sort of question the member needs to put to
the Premier. There was a small exchange and an agreement about where we go on
the bushfire review. Can I just give the member this information: at the
moment, there are three investigations underway. There is the royal commission
into national disasters and bushfires; there is a CSIRO investigation into
climate change and its impact on disasters, particularly natural disasters; and
there is a Senate inquiry into the 2019–20 bushfires and the response to those bushfires. There is the establishment of
the National Bushfire Recovery Agency by the federal government , and
Emergency Management Australia is doing a review of the national disaster
recovery funding, which is where the member should take up the issue about that
criteria, and there is a bushfire action plan underway. All those things are currently
in play at the moment. The issues that we have here in Western Australia,
particularly the issues the Shire of Dundas has raised with me and the member's
issues, we will put those on the table and we have put them on the table to see
if we can get some flexibility for local governments and for the state
government in how we actually access federal government funding.
you, Mr Speaker. As the member knows, time at that COAG meeting was taken up
primarily with COVID-19, as it should have been. There was a small
exchange, so I believe. That is the sort of question the member needs to put to
the Premier. There was a small exchange and an agreement about where we go on
the bushfire review. Can I just give the member this information: at the
moment, there are three investigations underway. There is the royal commission
into national disasters and bushfires; there is a CSIRO investigation into
climate change and its impact on disasters, particularly natural disasters; and
there is a Senate inquiry into the 2019–20 bushfires and the response to those bushfires. There is the establishment of
the National Bushfire Recovery Agency by the federal government , and
Emergency Management Australia is doing a review of the national disaster
recovery funding, which is where the member should take up the issue about that
criteria, and there is a bushfire action plan underway. All those things are currently
in play at the moment. The issues that we have here in Western Australia,
particularly the issues the Shire of Dundas has raised with me and the member's
issues, we will put those on the table and we have put them on the table to see
if we can get some flexibility for local governments and for the state
government in how we actually access federal government funding.
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