Kev helping flood victims again
Kevin Rudd has slashed flood recovery funding in his home state of Queensland, threatening the future of dozens of local remediation and flood mitigation projects with collapse.
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps said Mr Rudd had broken a promise to help rural Queensland communities recover from ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald and prepare for future natural disasters.
Im bitterly disappointed that the Rudd Government has reneged on a commitment to Queenslanders to provide $10 million for on-farm productivity and riparian recovery projects as part of the Natural Disaster Recovery and Relief Arrangements (NDRRA) program, Mr Cripps said.
It goes to show that a promise from the Federal Labor Government isnt worth the paper its written on, and that Kevin Rudd cant be trusted to look after people in his own state, let alone all Australians.
Mr Cripps said a 2013 joint funding agreement between Senator Joe Ludwig, the then Australian Government Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery, and the Queensland Treasurer saw both governments commit $10 million each to the valuable scheme.
My Department has since been carefully administering that $20 million program designed to deliver practical, on-ground solutions to repair damage and better prepare primary producers for future flood events in areas such as the Bundaberg/Burnett area and the Lockyer Valley.
A lot of that good work is now at risk, due to a decision by the Rudd Government to halve its pledged contribution.
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