Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to associate the Greens with the minister's comments and to make some very brief comments as well.

Leave granted.

I thank the minister and the government for the response. Every Western Australian member in the other place has friends and family that live in the hills area and the fire affected area, as do senators. I myself certainly do. The Greens are very thankful for the response from the federal government. We wish well all the emergency personnel and those people that are currently fighting the fire and defending people's homes and lives. Our hearts go out to everyone that is affected by this current disaster, given the particular circumstances that Western Australia and the Perth metropolitan area are facing at the moment with the double impact of the COVID lockdown. It is a very stressful time at home in Western Australia, and I thank the government for the response that they are making.