Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Chisholm for his follow-up question. I think to a large extent I answered your question in the first part of my answer—that is, the Australian government is absolutely committed to making sure we have a sovereign aerial firefighting capability that is appropriate for the conditions we find. We have a very comprehensive response to bushfires. We continue to work across jurisdictions, acknowledging Senator Reynolds and the huge role that the military played in supporting Australians and our firefighters during the terrible bushfires at the end of 2019 and into 2020. We remain absolutely committed to doing that. We also remain committed to making sure that a broad range of support is put in place, whether that be making sure that we support telecommunications or making sure that we've got wildfire protections in place. In terms of our aerial firefighting capability, we are absolutely committed to providing and working with the states to include this— (Time expired)