Jill Hall (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As I stand here, I have a number of constituents who still do not have electricity. What happens where there is an electricity issue, where there is an issue of being without water for a day and where there is an issue of sewage filling the yards? The person may have been away from their home only for a short period, but they are in a situation where they have lost freezers full of food and they have had washing machines and breadmakers blow up because of the flooding. Because of the sewage and the lack of electricity they have lost washing machines, refrigerators and cars, and some of these people are not insured. I would be interested in any comment you might like to make in relation to the seven-day rule and in relation to my constituents.

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