Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, the ADF have said that disaster clean-up is becoming a distraction from their main job, which is to protect the country. We're not going to set up this new workforce overnight. We know our third La Nina period is going to happen over summer. What provisions, if any, are in today's budget that will set up an emergency response workforce, or are we not there yet?