Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I want to draw attention to the operational paragraph, which calls on the government to invest in pre-disaster mitigation in order to reduce post-disaster spending. I want to make it clear that it is not one substituting for the other; I would want both pre-disaster spending and post-disaster spending. This is not a cost-shifting exercise to the states. It clearly is not that; it is about recognising that if you spend money up-front, you are likely to save yourself on the actual amount you have to spend afterwards, but it does not actually suggest that you would not be spending afterwards.