China News Service, March 9. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), on the 9th local time, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared a national emergency in Australia to allow the federal government to more effectively respond to the current raging epidemic in northern New South Wales. flood.
On February 28, local time, the town of Lismore was flooded after heavy rain in northeastern New South Wales, Australia.
According to reports, Morrison visited the flood-affected city of Lismore, New South Wales, on the 9th, promising to deploy more funds to help affected areas on the east coast recover from the floods.
The amount of the funding is unclear, but it was approved by the federal government's Expenditure Review Board on Tuesday and has been described as "substantial."
Senior administration officials, including the treasury secretary, have estimated the recovery to be "in the billions."
Earlier on the 9th, Australian Senator Murray Watt expressed support for a state of emergency, saying the NSW government had been overwhelmed by the disaster.
However, the NSW government has not declared a state of emergency - NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said on the 8th that it did not see the need to do so.
"The advice we've received is that there's no need for a state of emergency at this stage, and that's something we talk about every day," Perrottette said.
"We believe that the coordination capacity we have built between the federal government and NSW and all other agencies is adequate to deal with the current situation," Perrottet said.
The report also mentioned that New South Wales Emergency Services (SES) Commissioner Carlene York also agreed with the governor on the 8th that there is no need to declare a state of emergency at this time.
But the Prime Minister's Office insisted a national emergency was necessary to ensure nothing could hinder the flood response.