Coalition considering extending extra payments to flood victims in northern NSW after backlash
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#5WYKY)
Scott Morrison continues to defend flood response as Queensland premier says offer to declare a national emergency in the state's south-east is too late'
Scott Morrison is looking at" extending eligibility for extra payments to more flood victims on the New South Wales north coast, in response to anger over the decision to leave some of the hardest-hit disaster areas out.
The prime minister made the comments in Brisbane where he was planning to declare an emergency two weeks after major floods that killed 13 people and damaged thousand of homes and businesses in the south-east.
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