Disaster assistance is now available to communities in the Upper Gascoyne and Murchison Shires to help in the recovery from the damage caused by heavy rain and flooding in May 2021.
Federal member for Durack, the Hon. Melissa Price welcomed the assistance and said the Australian Government is working with Western Australian authorities to ensure the impacted communities recover as quickly as possible.
“The Gascoyne and Murchison regions were badly affected by the heavy rain and flooding experienced in late May, which caused extensive damage to local roads and isolated several remote communities,” Ms Price said.
“The immediate priority is getting restoration and replacement of the vital road network infrastructure underway, for the remote and isolated families and communities that have been impacted,” she said.
Assistance will be provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
Activating Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements will ensure that local communities in our regional have the financial support they need to progress the restoration of key public infrastructure.
Information on disaster assistance is available on the Australian Government’s Disaster Assist website at disasterassist.gov.au.
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