Recovery centres will open today, to assist New South Wales residents affected by the flood disaster on the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions. Almost 800 homes have been declared uninhabitable, as the clean-up continues.
00:00More support has been made available for those flood affected communities on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
00:10Today the first disaster recovery centre will be opened in Taree and some of the services they can provide is helping people navigate their insurance claims.
00:21We've heard from the Insurance Council of Australia who say already there have been more than 4,000 insurance claims lodged
00:29and that number is only expected to increase.
00:33We've also heard those rapid damage assessments are continuing in many communities such as Port Macquarie's North Shore across the water behind me
00:42but also in Taree, Kempsey as well, many others too.
00:47There are 10,000 properties which authorities believe are flood affected.
00:52They've already inspected about 3,000.
00:55They've found 500 properties are uninhabitable now and more than 300 of those are homes.
01:02The Prime Minister is expected to visit flood ravaged communities on the mid-north coast today
01:08and the Australian Defence Force is also sending about 70 personnel to assist with the clean-up
01:15but also to door knock and do welfare checks.
01:19We know there is a massive mental health concern following this disaster.
01:24There's also some grants available.
01:27If you're in the four local government areas, the federal government has identified as some of the worst affected.
01:34You may be eligible for 13 weeks of lost income.
01:38Then there's also broader grants available, some $900 for families and just under $200 for adults across 19 local government areas.
01:50But of course, these communities are still in need of support, particularly primary producers are calling out for support.
01:58And there's also a need for more volunteers on the ground as these communities continue to clean out the damage that has been caused by this massive flood event.
02:11So for children, there are many other police agencies.
02:14So, the more people shouldn't have provided here so as it'll be a miracle win for a while to try to start,
02:18their governments are currently available.
02:20And now, you got to go to the government side, and you got to help the government side,
02:23the government side, and the government side, they're all in need to pay attention.
02:25To the government side, it's a good thing.
02:27You don't have to pay attention to the government side and the government side.
02:31So, we can get a very close approach.
02:34So, you can go to the government side on the government side.
