Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member opposite for her question. We are, of course, concerned about communities that have been impacted by floods. We know they have been doing it incredibly tough, which is why we did move as quickly as we could to make sure that assistance was available for those communities. Indeed, we're investing a billion dollars over five years to mitigate potential disasters and loss and damage through the government's new Disaster Ready Fund. We are concerned about it. We have also moved in each of the states that have recently had floods—in Tasmania, in Victoria and in New South Wales—to make small business grants available for those communities.

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