At a press conference with Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said the federal government was cooperating with the NSW government in responding to the floods and determining what resources are needed.
“That’s why you were able to see the early deployment of ADF staff and resource helicopters before the floods arrived,” he said.
The Minister of Emergency Management, Murray Watt. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“In total, the federal government has now activated 250 members of the ADF who have already been there helping with evacuations, sandbags and will no doubt also be involved in the cleanup effort.”
Chalmers said he would keep Australians “with the economic and budgetary consequences” of the floods.
“What we know about Australians is in the most difficult circumstances, we see the best in Australia, people help each other, making sure the neighbors take care of the neighbors and take care of them as well,” Chalmers said. dit.
“We are obviously focused on human costs, the emotional costs of what we are seeing in these areas affected by the floods. But the economic and budgetary costs will also be very important. “