Hon Martin Aldridge asks the Minister for Emergency Services about recovery funding and support for residents impacted by the Mariginiup bushfire. The Minister provides details on available assistance, access to information, and DRFA activation, tabling relevant documents.

AnsweredQoN 1523Legislative Council
Asked
28 November 2023
Portfolio
Emergency Services

QuestionView source ↗

MARIGINIUP BUSHFIRE
1523. Hon MARTIN ALDRIDGE to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer to recovery funding and
support in the aftermath of the Mariginiup bushfire.
(1) Can the
minister please identify the recovery funding and support measures that have
been made available to impacted residents to date?
(2) Where can people access the
information about this recovery support?
(3) What category of disaster recovery funding
arrangements assistance has been made available for this event?
(4) Can the
minister please table the DRFA activation for the Mariginiup bushfire and any
request from the state government to the commonwealth in respect of this
activation?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The Premier's
relief payments and the Lord Mayor's distress relief fund have been
activated for impacted households.
(2) The information is in tabular form. I seek leave to have
it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Department
of Fire and Emergency Services State Recovery
1800
490 678
[email protected]
Department
of Fire and Emergency Services Recovery Funding
1800
920 659
Premier's
Relief Payment
Application
Portal:
dfes.smartygrants.com.au/premiersreliefM
Department
of Communities
1800
032 965
(3) Category A and B assistance
measures have been made available under the DRFA activation.
(4) I table the document. This
activation can also be found on the DFES website.
[See paper 2852 .]

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