Coalition intends to honour 'legacy' of bushfires and support royal commission recommendations
by Lisa Cox from on (#5AAQA)
Morrison government will establish a national disaster recovery agency to oversee federal bushfire, flood and drought bureaucracy
The Morrison government says it has accepted the 80 recommendations of the bushfire royal commission and will bring legislation to parliament that would allow it to declare a national state of emergency during times of natural disaster.
It will also establish a national disaster recovery agency that will bring federal bushfire, flood and drought bureaucracy into a single agency by July next year.
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