Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

Absolutely I acknowledge the horrific circumstances that Gemma has found herself in and that hundreds of Australians in New South Wales and Queensland have found themselves in this week and will, if the weather reports are true, continue to find themselves in in coming weeks. Local MPs are on the ground right now in evacuation centres, comforting and supporting their communities, whoever they are. We have volunteers and paid firefighters from not just their home states but right around the country and internationally assisting our communities to deal with these horrific fires.