‘Not a 24-hour operation’: Shane Fitzsimmons defends Resilience NSW response to floods
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#60C8M)
Inquiry hears of residents' anger that disaster agencies treated flood response as a nine-to-five job'
New South Wales disaster management agencies have defended their rescue and recovery response to the record-breaking floods that claimed 13 lives earlier this year.
An upper house committee inquiry also heard that fewer than 10% of flood victims across the state have received crucial disaster relief funds.
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