Coronavirus has slowed the #bushfire recovery effort, but authorities promise no-one will be left behind. #abc730 @lucethoughts #coronavirus abc.net.au/news/2020-04-1…
“I've been waiting for this government clean up. Fortunately, they said they'll do it but with this whole thing going on, there's now a little bit of a delay. They reckon this week, they'll get cleaned up.” – Max Gordon-Hall, who lost his Batlow home in the fires #abc730
“We've got communities that are being compounded by disasters, emergencies, disruptions, for quite a long period of time now and there's no doubt that those communities are hurting.” – Shane Fitzsimmons, @rfscommissioner and new NSW Resilience Commissioner #abc730 #coronavirus
“Drought, bushfires and now global pandemic. We closed up the shop a couple of weeks ago due to people not doing the right thing with their distancing.” - Dave Ballinger, who runs a cafe in East Gippsland. #abc730 #coronavirus
“The National Bushfire Recovery Agency is doing everything we can to make sure they're not forgotten.” – Andrew Colvin, @FireRecoveryAU. #abc730 #coronavirus
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