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03 February 2011
Western Australia Minister for Emergency Services Rob Johnson WA Team Heads To Queensland For Cyclone Yasi Victor P Taffa Two Specialised Personnel from the Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) will be deployed to Queensland to assist with the anticipated effects of Cyclone Yasi. Emergency Services Minister Rob Johnson said Emergency Management Queensland had formally requested the deployment of [...]
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02 February 2011
Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman Belated Flood Assistance Welcome Victor P Taffa Today’s back flip by the Labor-Green Government on providing assistance to Tasmanians affected by flooding is welcome according to Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. “Many Tasmanians have been hard hit by these floods and the opportunity to access this Government assistance is a positive development.” “It’s unfortunate it has [...]
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01 February 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Victoria Minister for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan Coalition Government Renews Support To 2009 Bushfire Survivors Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition today announced a series of measures to support the longer-term needs of those impacted upon by Black Saturday and the Gippsland fires, including a new Fire Recovery Unit within government to assist fire-affected [...]
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01 February 2011
Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell New Model Home Ticks All The Boxes Victor P Taffa Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell today opened a three bedroom Bushfire Compliant (BAL 40) Demonstration House at Kinglake. Mr. Ryan said the high quality home ticked all the boxes of bushfire compliance, energy [...]
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29 January 2011
Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan Firefighters Compete In Regional Championships Victor P Taffa Volunteer firefighters from Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigades across Eastern Victoria will hone their skills in a variety of simulated firefighting operations and races at this weekend’s 79th Annual Eastern District Fire Brigades’ Association Competition. Deputy Premier and Minister for [...]
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28 January 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Rene Hidding Tasmania Shadow Minister for Regional Development Mark Shelton Gillard, Giddings Must Come Clean Immediately On Infrastructure Cuts Victor P Taffa The Tasmanian Liberals today called on both the State and Federal Governments to come clean on effect of Labor’s Infrastructure Spending Cuts on Tasmania. “Julia Gillard and Lara Giddings must come clean over [...]
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28 January 2011
Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan Regional Bushfire-Prone Communities Urged To Use Retrofit Guide Victor P Taffa Regional Victorians looking to rebuild or renovate are being encouraged to retrofit their homes using a new guide developed by the Building Commission and the Country Fire Authority (CFA). Deputy Premier and Minister for Bushfire Response [...]
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26 January 2011
Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek LNP Asks Anna To Show Some Aussie Spirit Victor P Taffa The State Opposition today called on Anna Bligh to show some Australia Day Spirit and reconsider her Government’s unfair means testing for victims of the Queensland Flood Disaster. Leader of the Liberal National Party John-Paul Langbroek said Anna Bligh had today praised 2011’s [...]
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25 January 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Coalition Govt Welcomes ADF Deployment To Help Flood Recovery Victor P Taffa The Coalition Government welcomes the deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to Victoria’s flood-affected areas to help with community support and recovery. Premier Ted Baillieu said 70 ADF Personnel from 4 Brigade of Victoria’s Army Reserve Unit arrived in Swan Hill [...]
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24 January 2011
Victoria Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell Councils Begin To Receive Support To Aid Flood Recovery Process Victor P Taffa Flood-Affected Councils across Victoria have started to receive support payments from the Victorian Government’s $5 Million Local Government Clean Up Fund to assist their communities to clean up, recover and rebuild. Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell said support [...]
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23 January 2011
Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek Mean Spirited Means Test Leaves Queenslanders On Their Own Victor P Taffa The Majority of Queenslanders who lost their homes to the floods will have to recover on their own as they are considered too rich to receive the State Government administered flood relief grants. Leader of the Opposition and Liberal National Party Leader [...]
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21 January 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Coalition Govt Waives Landfill Levy In Eight Vic Municipalities To Help Flood Recovery Victor P Taffa The Coalition Government will waive waste levies in eight flood-affected Victorian municipalities for two months from this weekend to help families and communities in the clean-up effort, Premier Ted Baillieu said today. “Victorian flood victims who are trying [...]
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21 January 2011
Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek Bligh Back To Her Old Tricks With Censored Wivenhoe Management Manual Victor P Taffa The Bligh Labor Government was back to its old tricks with all the key parts blacked out from the version of the Manual of Operational Procedures for Flood Mitigation at Wivenhoe and Somerset Dam released by Minister Stephen Robertson [...]
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21 January 2011
Queensland Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek Bundy Business Community Raises $100,000 Victor P Taffa Leader of the Opposition and Liberal National Party Leader John-Paul Langbroek have congratulated the Bundaberg Business Community on their success in raising more than $100,000 for flood relief. Mr. Langbroek and Member for Bundaberg Jack Dempsey joined more than 500 Bundaberg business owners and residents last [...]
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