Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

As Minister for Defence at this time of unprecedented fire threat, I'm focused on ensuring that the ADF is ready to provide additional support for the nation's frontline first responders. Our first call is always to our regular forces and the capabilities that they bring with them, but work is also now underway to scope the availability and also the readiness of our highly capable Reserve forces across all three services. ADF reservists are already regularly employed for emergency disaster assistance and disaster recovery under voluntary 'call for' arrangements, as they are called. Our Reserve emergency support forces already have 120-person capacity in Brisbane and also 130-person capacity in Sydney to provide transport, logistics and other requested support.