Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says national declaration a week too late and must come with extra cash for residents who lost homes and livelihoods
The national emergency legislation, passed in December 2020 in response to recommendations from the royal commission into the Black Summer bushfires, stated such red tape included “requirements to produce particular kinds of identification or have their signature witnessed”. The royal commission said such powers were useful to signal “the severity of a disaster early” and to allow “the early provision of Australian government assistance”.
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