Former emergency services chiefs say the handling of the latest flood crisis is reminiscent of the lead up to the Black Summer bushfires, when the government ignored warnings months before disaster struck.
Former emergency services leaders Major General Peter Dunn , with Greg Mullins, Lee Johnson and Chas Keys in Brisbane on 14 March 2022.Former emergency services chiefs say they have been consistently ignored by the federal government about the potential for catastrophic natural disasters.
The group is calling on the government to take action on climate change to prevent more frequent and severe disasters in the future."Australia is under-prepared, and Canberra has no answers to how it will rapidly slash emissions this decade."Meanwhile, the NSW and federal governments are at odds about the timing of requests for defence force assistance during the floods.
Resilience NSW commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons says he had no confirmation about troop numbers - hearing potential figures through a journalist and failing to receive clarification from the NSW ADF Brigadier.
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