Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience) | Hansard source

As the first Australian government to establish a national resilience focused agency, I can absolutely confirm we are committed to building Australia's resilience to natural disasters. Our plan is more considered than simply rebranding a fund that already exists, as Labor is doing with its Disaster Ready Fund, under which it claims it will spend up to $200 million—not a ringing endorsement for a funding program. Unlike Labor, we're actually getting on with the job of building resilience and giving communities hope for the future and support in the present in their efforts to get back on their feet—not politicising vulnerable communities who are struggling right now, whether they be bushfire traumatised communities or current flooded communities. Our $600 million Preparing Australia Program will support communities to undertake disaster risk reduction and resilience initiatives to reduce the impact of future disasters because we know here in this country that this will not be the last flood and this will not be the last bushfire or cyclone that our people will have to deal with. (Time expired)