$5 million in bushfire relief funding for the Hunter
July 15, 2021
The Hunter region is benefiting from $5 million in bushfire relief funding.
Co-funded by the Australian and NSW Government’s, $5 million is going to be shared across the Dungog, Cessnock, Singleton and Upper Hunter Council areas through Stage Two of the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery (LER) Fund.
The funding is being welcomed by Federal Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie and Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell for some great projects.
One of which is $264,432 for The Camping to Common Trail Connections project that aims to upgrade an access link between the camping area located at Dungog Showground and the Dungog Common Reserve.
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ICA welcomes Federal Budget’s disaster mitigation funding
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) tonight welcomed the 2021-22 Federal Budget as an historic Commonwealth commitment to funding resilience and mitigation measures to better protect vulnerable Australian communities against natural disasters.
The ICA and insurers have been calling for increased investment in resilience and mitigation measures for more than a decade, and the Morrison Government has tonight provided an allocation of $1.2 billion over five years to improve Australia’s capability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters.
Insurers welcome investments in the future success of vulnerable communities, including $600 million for new disaster preparation and mitigation programs as part of the establishment of the new National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA) and $40 million to make strata buildings in northern Australia more resilient to extreme weather events. To get m
Single parents who want to buy a home, school leavers and retirees who want to boost their superannuation accounts are set to be big winners from this year s federal Budget.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will deliver his second Budget speech in seven months at 7.30pm on Tuesday as he aims to rebuild an economy that was sent into recession by the coronavirus lockdowns.
Mr Frydenberg is already planning more big spending next financial year, with Deloitte predicting a Budget deficit of $87 billion, a figure well below this year s estimated $167 billion shortfall. We won t be undertaking any sharp pivots towards austerity. We want more people in jobs and in better paying jobs. This is what our fiscal strategy is designed to achieve, he said.
On Tuesday at 7.30pm Josh Frydenberg will hand down the federal budget
His focus is on supporting the economy to recover from Covid-19 pandemic
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Working parents, average income earners and Aussies with relatives in aged care are set to be big winners from Tuesday s federal budget.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will deliver his second budget speech in six months at 7.30pm on Tuesday as he aims to rebuild the economy after the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Frydenberg has already promised more big spending next financial year, with Deloitte predicting a budget deficit of $87 billion, a figure well below this year s estimated $167 billion shortfall. We won t be undertaking any sharp pivots towards austerity. We want more people in jobs and in better paying jobs. This is what our fiscal strategy is designed to achieve, he said in a speech last week.