Federal emergency management minister Murray Watt criticises state cabinet over relief program
Watt said this showed the government, including the premier, who was at the time the head of ERC, was “up to its neck” in the scheme.“That is an absolutely disgraceful way to treat bushfire victims in their hour of need.”
He said Watt’s comments showed a “complete misunderstanding” of how the government’s expenditure review committee operated. When asked specifically whether changes to the grants were rubber-stamped by the ERC, Perrottet said he was unsure.
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