Christopher Back (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. The minister needs to understand that it is a federal government disaster recovery scheme. Can the minister assure the Senate that those families recovering from the natural disaster that has occurred over the last few days in Perth, in which 72 homes were destroyed and 32 damaged, will not suffer the same fate as those in the Gascoyne by missing out on vital federal funding?