Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

No, it goes to the funding provided to states and territories to deal with a range of these matters. Secondly, it provides advice to the honourable member that that is to where a particular application should be made.

But I go back to what I said in question time: as with the member for Macmillan, the member for McEwen and other members in bushfire affected areas, I am happy to discuss these matters further individually with the member for La Trobe, as I have extended that courtesy to others and I will continue to do so in the future.

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