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, is speaking from Ballina with ABC Breakfast News and this is his response to local federal member for PagePerrottet says he disagrees with Hogan’s criticisms: We have put a lot of work into ensuring we’ve got people into homes and temporary homes as quickly as possible. We’ve committed yesterday to a buyback scheme. We’re opening expressions of interest for landowners in a way that looks at opportunities for relocation for future development that ensures that people are able to move into homes into the future which are free from those flood-prone areas.
The criteria for that will take some time, given the catastrophic nature of this event. And it’s not just in the northern rivers, obviously right across the state we’ve had significant flooding, and we need to do it in the right way possible. I want to get people into homes as quickly as we can. We need to do it in the right way and in a way that sets up our towns in the northern rivers for the generations to come in a more resilient and structured way.
I know that even yesterday’s announcement still creates uncertainty because the criteria needs to be finalised, but directionally the government is committed to this approach. I believe it’s the right approach. Speaking to the prime minister last night about ways in which the state government can work with the federal government on funding plans to have this occur. But, you know, we have been working very closely with all the communities in the northern rivers for the last 5.5 months.
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