More Federal Government support for flood affected residents

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Queensland Senator Murray Watt is on the Gold Coast announcing extra support funding for those affected by the floods. This latest package is on top of other previously announced grants and support.

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00:00It's a further round of financial support for people in South East Queensland who've

00:07been affected by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

00:14You will have seen in recent days the Prime Minister already announced some forms of support,

00:19things like the Disaster Recovery Allowance, which provide up to 13 weeks pay for people

00:24who were unable to work because of a direct impact of the cyclone.

00:30Also in the last couple of days both the State and Federal Governments have announced jointly

00:35funded Personal Hardship Grants for a number of different regions within South East Queensland.

00:41Today I'm able to announce that the Australian Government will be activating from 2pm today

00:47our Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment.

00:51Now this is one that a lot of people will know about from past events.

00:55It provides a $1,000 grant per eligible adult and $400 per eligible child, but it's for

01:03people who've suffered serious damage to their homes or serious injuries as a direct result

01:09of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

01:12So typically these grants are available for people who have received or suffered some

01:16form of property damage.

01:18We're not talking about a bit of water on your front lawn, it's where you've actually

01:22had some damage to your home.

01:24And it's a small but useful piece of financial support, 100% funded by the Federal Government

01:30and that's of course on top of the Personal Hardship Grants and Disaster Recovery Allowances

01:35that we're already funding.

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