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George Brandis and Jason Falinski among party figures speaking out about culture war. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmergency services minister will ‘work with’ Disaster Relief Australia as alternative to ADFThe government will “work with” the veteran-led organisation on the frontline of disaster recovery on funding bids, the emergency services minister, Kristy McBain, has said.We’ll continue to work with them on what that looks like but we see Disaster Relief Australia as having a big part in the clean-up in disasters going forward.We’ll get a picture of the overall cost and overall damage across this region as the [State Emergency Service] completes those assessments. … It’s really important, I think, that we keep our eyes on the task at hand at this point in time and that’s assisting people with clean-up and that those direct supports that they’re going to need now …But after any disaster, there’s going to be some lessons learned and it’s really important, I think, to hear directly from lived experience on those lessons so we’ll search those out in the coming days, weeks and months. Continue reading...

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