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Federal government to create new natural disaster agency after bushfire royal commission recommendation By political reporter Cameron Gooley © Provided by ABC NEWS The federal government will create the National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA). (Supplied: Gena Dray) More than half a billion dollars will be given to a new agency overseeing national responses to major natural disasters, to help communities recover and rebuild. The federal government will create the National Recovery and Resilience Agency (NRRA) to both provide relief to communities and advise it on how ...

Australians vulnerable to bushfires, floods and cyclones could have their homes upgraded to make them more resistant with new federal funding to combat natural disasters. In the wake of the horrific 2019 bushfires and floods and cyclones this year, Scott Morrison is setting up the National Recovery and Resilience Agency to respond to future catastrophes. The agency will be given $600million for beefing up the defences of regional communities and training emergency services to deal with disasters. Australians whose homes are vulnerable to bushfires, floods and cyclones could have them upgraded...

Low take-up of north Queensland flood relief prompts questions about offering debt to get out of crisis SatSaturday 13 FebFebruary 2021 at 2:26am The Federal Government is trying to work out why north Queensland flood relief was not taken up. ( Print text only Cancel Key points: The Federal Government is trying to work out why less than a quarter of the money released after the 2019 floods has been taken by graziers Professor Bruce Chapman says governments should rethink offering farmers more debt The Cloncurry Shire mayor says little rain after the floods is the main reason why producers are...

Journalist Justin Smith explains why he chose to ignore a media embargo and break the story about Margaret Court's Australia Day honour.

The honour is unlikely to be revoked. Amid a similar controversy last year, the council said the threshold for stripping someone of their award was a court conviction or misleading material given during the nomination process.  There were vocal - but ultimately unsuccessful - calls last year to strip awards from both men's rights activist Bettina Arndt and journalist Mike Carlton.  “The council recognises that the law prescribes behaviours, and expressions, which are abhorrent to society and therefore uses law as the threshold for termination and cancellation,” council chair Shane Stone...