Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

on indulgence—My thoughts and, I'm sure, the thoughts of all members of the House are with the family, friends and community of Mr Richard Mainey, who has passed away in Temagog. That's a place on the North Coast, and so the member for Cowper left parliament yesterday to be with his local community. This is a man who has unfortunately died trying to save his family farm from bushfires. We know that this spring and summer is going to be incredibly difficult for a number of our communities and may bring back memories of the awful Black Summer bushfires. That is why we recently hosted Australia's first ever National Disaster Preparedness Summit to prepare for the coming higher-risk weather season. We are concerned about what is approaching, and the National Emergency Management Agency is working with state and territory counterparts and local communities. Again, I urge all residents to listen to authorities and seek help if needed. The federal government will continue to work with all jurisdictions. I pay tribute as well to the extraordinary formal personnel, whose job it is, and also all those volunteers, who just do extraordinary work at this time. To Mr Mainey's family, friends, and community, we pay our deepest respects and our condolences at this very sad loss.

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