House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-10-27 Daily Xml

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NATURAL DISASTER RELIEF

498 Mrs PENFOLD (Flinders) (21 July 2009).

1. How much of the $10 million funding from the Federal Government Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements has been recovered by the State Government as a result of the 2005 Wangary Fires?

2. Have any claims by the State Government been made to the Federal Government's Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements and if so, what are the details?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations):

1. Under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA), formerly known as the Natural Disaster Relief Arrangements (NDRA), the State Government received $2.019 million from the Commonwealth in 2008-09 for the 2005 Eyre Peninsula Bushfires.

2. The Department of Treasury and Finance is currently collating data for other eligible natural disasters in 2006-07 and 2007-08 with a view to making further claims for these events later this year.