Fewer than 10% of NSW small business flood grant applications have been paid
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#5YCX3)
Dominic Perrottet concedes thousands of applications from residents, farmers and businesses rejected or not processed
Thousands of applications for grants to support communities devastated by floods in the New South Wales northern rivers and western Sydney have not been processed, while thousands of others have been rejected.
The state's premier, Dominic Perrottet, told a budget estimates hearing on Thursday more than 13,000 applications had been made for small business grants after the floods, with 1,074 having been paid and another 8,180 in progress.
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