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West Belconnen severe storm event—communication to residents
(Question No 633)

Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 11 February 2022:

(1) Through what avenues did the ACT Government distribute information about storm recovery and assistance to affected residents within the seven days immediately after the 3 January 2022 storm.

(2) If hardcopy letters were sent out, how many were sent out and to whom.

(3) If telephone calls were made to residents (ie, the Government made the calls rather than received the calls from residents), how many calls were made and to whom.

(4) If ACT Government employees knocked on the doors of affected residents, how many doors were knocked and how were these selected.

(5) If ACT Government employees were stationed at areas of high traffic such as shopping centres to distribute information, how many employees were stationed for this purpose.

(6) Which specific areas were targeted.

(7) What information was provided.

Mr Gentleman: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

I refer the member to the answers provided by Officials during Annual Report hearings and note that the Standing Committee on Health and Community Wellbeing is conducting an inquiry into these matters.

West Belconnen severe storm event—clean-up and recovery
(Question No 634)

Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, upon notice, on 11 February 2022:

(1) Did the ACT Government bring on any additional workers to assist with clean-up after the 3 January 2022 storm, such as tree removal; if so, how many workers were used.

(2) How many of these were sourced from ACT-based organisations, and how many were sourced from interstate organisations.

(3) Did any other jurisdictions offer workers to assist with storm clean-up; if so, who and was the offer accepted.

(4) Do we have any interstate workers assisting with the storm recovery, as of 10 February 2022; if so, how much longer will they be here; if not, when did each organisation cease their work in the ACT.


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