At least $2 billion will be put into a bushfire recovery fund to be spent over the next two years as Australia rebuilds from a horror fire season
At least $2 billion will be put into a bushfire recovery fund over the next two years to kickstart Australia's rebuild from a horror fire season.
Mr Morrison said 20 Service Australia pop-up shops would open in fire-affected communities to make sure people can access disaster payments and other government services.Centrelink debt recovery and mutual obligations will be suspended for at least two months in fire-affected regions.
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