Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories) Share this | Hansard source

I want to thank the member for the question and acknowledge the fantastic work she did during disaster response but also recovery, so much of which she doesn't spruik because our communities don't need it spruiked.

We know natural disasters have changed the lives of many Australians. Communities have been impacted across the country by floods, by fires and by cyclones and adverse weather events. Those communities really don't need to be used as political pawns, and we have seen time and time again those opposite do exactly that. Unbelievably, the New South Wales Auditor-General has now found that the New South Wales government has followed in the Morrison government's footsteps: colour coded spreadsheets which dudded local communities—a decision by all cabinet members of the New South Wales Liberal and Nationals government.

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