NSW Labor Premier, Chris Minns, has hinted that those deemed ineligible for government flood programs (retrofit, home raising and buybacks), may be offered what they were originally promised by the former NSW Coalition government.
As previously reported, almost all Byron Shire residents who applied were rejected after new mapping, which did not include the 2022 flood, was used as the basis for awarding grants.
Local MP Tamara Smith (Greens) asked Premier Chris Minns in NSW parliament on August 24: ‘Considering that only a small proportion of flood-affected people in my electorate have been supported through the Resilient Homes Program, when will the premier announce further funding under tranche two?’
Minns replied in part, ‘The government has spent $314 million of the $700 million Resilient Homes Program in tranche one. That was a 50-50 split between the Commonwealth and state, with $350 million from both jurisdictions. It was meant to accommodate the needs of roughly 2,000 households. ‘I inform the House that 477 offers for voluntary buybacks have been approved, 251 offers have been accepted but just 70 contracts have been settled. Getting the contracts submitted is an elongated process.
‘But the previous government and the Commonwealth government made significant undertakings for more funds to build up the community.
‘A release was put out in November last year indicating that a further 4,000 houses – so 6,000 in total – would be eligible for tranche two.
‘We are working with the federal government. We know more needs to be done on three key areas: communication, which has not been up to scratch, but I am hopeful that the appointment of the member for Lismore [Janelle Saffin as Parliamentary Secretary for Disaster Recovery], and Simon Draper [as the new Secretary of the Premier’s Department] will go a long way to dealing with that; coordination between the states and local government; and finally, funding. The budget will be handed down in several weeks, and we will have more to say about it then’.
FloodVictimFail, another fail on the watch of Premier Minns – enough of all the the photo ops, pressers, rejigs and talks, Time to actually Act!
Heaven forbid there be any publicity seeking or photo ops on these pages!
Joachim old son, the only thing there’s been enough of is your indiscriminate slagging off at either Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns who have both inherited a perfect storm of debt, deficits and non-funded election promises from incompetent Coalition Govts. Would the likes of you be happier to have those abortive Govts back in power?, but as usual facts and figures, and efficient monetary policy is not something you and the Greens ever worry about. Chris Minns has stated that there will be further help for buybacks, retro-fits and home raising coming, something in your usual frenzied attacks on anything Labor, failed to mention, FAIL my man.
Keith old son, running constant protection for ALP FAILS must be exhausting for you. R U O K?
Keith my man, FloodFAIL, do catchup with the real world of what the flood victims are saying about the miserable response from your ALP mob’s FAIL.
Keith, your man Minns and his mob, plenty of their talks, their photo ops, their pressers plenty and latterly the rejigger, BUT actually delivering = a ZERO. It is a sick joke on the flood victims. Keith, no more excuses for the inexcusable inaction.
But that not stopping our Keith going off piste again with the talking points copied to you by your handlers at ALP HQ – deflect, distract, divert to those dastardly Greens, again. Rofl.
Joachim old son, if you actually think that running this constant protection racket for the irrelevant Greens is somehow suddenly going to propel them into some sort of relevance, you are more detached from reality than I thought. Your constant juvenile attacks on the Labor Party may impress your Greens handlers at Greens HQ, but they’re obviously as hopeless as you are, you are in a Party of irrelevant losers and stumble at every hurdle, a shocking history of FAILURE, nothing to be proud of my man.
Keith, the Flood Victims, left in a lurch and they very unhappy with your ALP rabble government.
Poor old Minns, he’s so busy fighting his home grown scandals; from the Crakanthorp Affair to the Haylen/Murray/Minns Affair and then there’s the fighting with public servants; Teachers and Paramedics.
It doesn’t matter whether its Lab or LibNat at the tiller, they just serve up their own special brands of bollocks.
Keith, the Flood Victims, ZERO for Minns to be proud of. So cue our dear Keith, off on another anti-Greens sortie to take attention away from the FloodFAIL .
Joachim old son, still banging away at the old anti-Labor drum from your comfy Green couch in fantasy land, guided by your Green handlers I see. The NSW voters will judge the Minns Govt at the next election my man, not some fanatical Green wannabee who who has ZERO experience at managing a REAL, competent Govt, and who’s ONLY claim to fame is shouting abuse from the sidelines, FAIL again, I told you before, we’re right onto your lot my man..
I see you didn’t take up my challenge regarding the expansion of vocabulary, Joachim. You might need to consider though whether, given the destruction we will face from climate change (that we agree about), we can expect that government will be able to stump up as our national insurance scheme from now and into the future. Something to think about!
But Tamara has asked a question in parliament so no doubt that will provide the answers and fix it all.
Mr Lizardbreath, are you sure Tamara did ask a question in Parliament?, we have made representations to her a number of times to do something meaningful to fix the appalling state of the Richmond River, with no success, we can’t even find evidence in Hansard that she ever spoke about it in the Parliament?