The National Bushfire Recovery Agency (NBRA) has published a factsheet summarising how funding has been delivered to bushfire affected communities and the pockets of people who need it most.
Minister for Emergency Management, David Littleproud said the locally-led recovery was “building back better”.
“In response to the Black Summer Bushfires the $2 billion fund is now committed, with $1 billion already in the hands of impacted communities,” Mr Littleproud said.
“These funds are driving mental health and wellbeing programs, support for small businesses, and have also been distributed to Local Government Areas to allow for tailored support for individual communities.”
He said funding was rolling out over a two-year period to allow communities to best determine their recovery needs and go at their own pace.
“The Government has also provided other existing disaster support funding including disaster recovery payments and allowances, to provide an additional $417 million,” Mr Littleproud said.
“When you add in these programs, $1.4 billion is already working hard on recovery.”
He said there was a need to make sure that no one felt left behind by the recovery process.
“Though the majority of the Australian Government funds are delivered by State and Territory Governments, our Government continues to provide an oversight of community needs, funding allocations and program delivery through the National Bushfire Recovery Agency,” the Minister said.
The Agency’s six-page factsheet can be accessed at this PS News link.
