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07 January 2020
New South Wales Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello Mobile Customers To Receive Unlimited Access To Emergency Services Websites Victor P Taffa At the request of the New South Wales Government, major telecommunications providers including Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have committed to providing unlimited access to emergency service websites for customers in bushfire-affected areas. Minister […]
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06 January 2020
Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman National Bushfire Recovery Agency Welcomed Victor P Taffa Premier Will Hodgman has welcomed the Prime Minister’s move to establish the national Bushfire Recovery Agency. This will help coordinate the response to assist communities affected by bushfires across the country. Agency will help ensure the families, farmers and business owners hit by […]
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05 January 2020
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian New South Wales Acting Minister for Police and Emergency Services Anthony Roberts Premier Appoints Recovery Coordinator For Southern New South Wales Victor P Taffa Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Acting Minister for Police and Emergency Services Anthony Roberts today announced the appointment of Mr. Dick Adams as Recovery Coordinator for […]
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05 January 2020
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews Taskforce To Help Fire Affected Communities Recover Victor P Taffa Andrews Government will establish a Bushfire Response and Recovery Taskforce to support communities and help them rebuild from the devastating fires still burning in the east of the state. Premier Daniel Andrews and Minister for Emergency Services Lisa Neville announced the […]
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04 January 2020
Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman Support For Tasmanians Displaced By Bushfires Victor P Taffa Bushfire-affected residents in Break O’Day now have access to $250 per adult and $125 per child, and up to $1,000 per family to help cover the costs of immediate essentials. Assistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding […]
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04 January 2020
Tasmania Premier Will Hodgman Financial Assistance For Our Volunteer Firefighters Victor P Taffa Tasmanian volunteer firefighters will be eligible for financial support from the Federal Government for loss of income while fighting this season’s bushfires. Volunteers can apply for assistance of $300 a day, with a total cap of $6,000. The financial support is not […]
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04 January 2020
Western Australia Minister for Emergency Services Francis Logan Hundreds Of Western Australia Firefighters Lend Helping Hand With East Coast Fires Victor P Taffa 16th team of career and volunteer firefighters left for Albury, New South Wales today More than 320 firefighters and support officers have provided assistance to New South Wales and Queensland Latest team […]
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03 January 2020
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews Victorian Government Declares A State Of Disaster Victor P Taffa Premier Daniel Andrews has declared a State of Disaster for 6 Local Government Areas and the Alpine Resorts, after considering advice from the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and the Emergency Management Commissioner. Premier Andrews is satisfied there is an […]
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03 January 2020
New South Wales Acting Minister for Police and Emergency Services Anthony Roberts Assistance Extended For Bushfire Affected Communities In Southern New South Wales Victor P Taffa Additional council areas in Southern New South Wales to access Federal-State community recovery funding bringing the total support to more than $80 Million Recovery grants of up to $15,000 […]
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03 January 2020
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian New South Wales Acting Minister for Police and Emergency Services Roberts Premier Declares Third State Of Emergency Victor P Taffa New South Wales Government has declared a third State of Emergency ahead of worsening fire conditions predicted for Saturday. Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons wrote to Premier Gladys […]
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26 December 2019
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall Coordinator Appointed To Steer Recovery Effort For Cudlee Creek Fire Victor P Taffa State Government has appointed a Local Recovery Coordinator to support communities affected by the Cudlee Creek fire. Premier Steven Marshall said Alex Zimmerman, a South Australian Police Officer, will begin work with the local community to understand […]
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26 December 2019
South Australia Premier Steven Marshall New Bushfire Relief Fund Established With People Urged To Donate Victor P Taffa Marshall Government has established a new emergency relief fund to help people directly affected by the devastating Cudlee Creek bushfire and pledging $1 Million to kick-start the donation drive. South Australians are being encouraged to give generously […]
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24 December 2019
Queensland Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Craig Crawford Paradise Dam Review Released Victor P Taffa An independent review has found strong disaster preparedness and planning exists at the local and district level to respond to a possible future flood event affecting the Paradise Dam in the Burnett River system. In September 2019, the Inspector-General […]
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24 December 2019
Queensland Minister responsible for the QRA Cameron Dick Community Focus For New Board Appointments Victor P Taffa Community recovery will be the focus of new board appointments to the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA) and the Gasfields Commission. Queensland Reconstruction Authority Minister for State Development and the Minister responsible for the QRA Cameron Dick said the […]
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11 December 2019
Tasmania Minister for Police Fire and Emergency Management Mark Shelton Tasmania’s Firefighting Readiness Bolstered Victor P Taffa Tasmania’s summer aviation firefighting fleet was launched today at the Springvale Air Base at Cranbrook, where the contracted aircraft are being used to control the McNeills Road fire at Swansea, Minister for Police Fire and Emergency Management Mark […]
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08 December 2019
Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan Western Australia Minister for Emergency Services Francis Logan $125 Million Investment In New Western Australia-Built Firefighting Appliances Victor P Taffa Two new contracts valued at $125 Million awarded to manufacture new modern firefighting vehicles, built in Western Australia Ensuring Western Australia has modern equipment to deal with bushfire threats Successful […]
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04 December 2019
Victoria Minister for Police and Emergency Services Lisa Neville Victoria’s First Fire Rescue Commissioner Appointed Victor P Taffa Andrews Government has marked another important milestone in the modernisation of our fire services with the appointment of veteran firefighter Ken Block as Victoria’s first Fire Rescue Commissioner. “With almost 40 years of firefighting experience, Mr. Block […]
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02 December 2019
Queensland Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Craig Crawford New Commissioner To Steer QFES Into New Decade Victor P Taffa Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) has welcomed only the second Commissioner in its proud history of keeping Queenslanders safe. Commissioner Gregory Leach officially commenced the role following a ceremony at Emergency Services Headquarters today. […]
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01 December 2019
New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott New South Wales Welcomes 16 Brand New Firefighters Victor P Taffa 16 new firefighters will enhance the safety of communities across New South Wales after graduating from the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Emergency Services Academy in Western Sydney today. Minister for Police and […]
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30 November 2019
Victoria Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Brad Battin Daniel Andrews Hiding Fuel Load Maps From The Public Victor P Taffa For many years the Victorian Government publicly released bushfire fuel load maps; but the Andrews Government has failed in recent years to publicly release these important maps. Liberal Nationals today successfully moved a motion in […]
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