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

Many of those opposite are choosing to yell and scream about this devastating impact which has caused Australians to lose their lives, rather than actually hear about the things that we've done as a federal government in conjunction with the state government to support these communities. Right now at the peak of Operation Flood Assist 2022, there were 7,000 ADF personnel present across Queensland and New South Wales. Right now, there are around 4,000 ADF personnel in Lismore itself, and they're assisting that community with the very tough task of getting the piles of rubbish on the streets of Lismore—which I know you've seen, Senator Watt—off the streets and of heading out into smaller communities of Wardell, Coraki, Broadwater and beyond to assist with the very long task of the clean-up. They've been welcomed with open arms in these communities. I know it was quite hard for the ADF—