State Emergency Relief Fund

99 Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (22 September 2015). As at 30 June 2015, how much money was in the Bushfire Recovery Assistance Fund and who manages it?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers): I have been advised:

1. As at 30 June 2015, donations totalling $1,910,169 had been received into the State Emergency Relief Fund (SERF).

On 3 January 2015, SERF and the SERF Committee were activated to administer the receipt and approve distribution of moneys donated by the community to assist the people who suffered loss or damage as a result of the Sampson Flat bushfire, subject to the directions of the Governor.

The Fund is administered by the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, which also provides policy and secretariat support to the SERF Committee.