Robert McClelland MP

Minister for Emergency Management
The Hon Robert McClelland MP

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
The Hon Jenny Macklin MP

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland MP, and Minister for Families and Community Services Jenny Macklin today marked the third anniversary of 2009 Victorian Bushfires as an occasion for remembering those who died, those who were injured and those displaced by the disaster – as well as looking to keep building a brighter future for the communities still recovering. Continue reading →

Minister for Emergency Management
The Hon Robert McClelland MP

Minister for Human Services
The Hon Brendan O’Connor MP

The Gillard Government is already helping hundreds of people affected by floods in Queensland and New South Wales, with $1.1 million in payments made within 12 hours of the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment (AGDRP) being activated. Continue reading →

Prime Minister of Australia
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP

Minister for Emergency Management
The Hon. Robert McClelland MP

Prime Minister Julia Gillard today announced that clean-up and recovery grants of up to $25,000 will be provided to communities in Queensland inundated by recent floods. Continue reading →

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland MP, and Minister for Human Services Brendan O’Connor, today flew in to flood-affected NSW and Queensland to see firsthand the damage done by recent events. Continue reading →

Prime Minister of Australia
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP

Minister for Emergency Management
The Hon. Robert McClelland MP

The Australian Government today activated direct payments of additional disaster assistance for communities in Queensland and Northern NSW hit by flooding as a result of recent heavy rainfall. Continue reading →

Prime Minister of Australia
The Hon. Julia Gillard MP

Minister for Emergency Management
The Hon. Robert McClelland MP

The Australian Government this morning boosted its assistance to flood-affected Australia, providing a RAAF Hercules C-130 to conduct an aero-medical evacuation of low-dependency patients from St George Hospital in Western Queensland to hospitals in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Continue reading →

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland MP, today approved the activation of the Australian Government Disaster Response Plan – COMDISPLAN – as floodwaters forced evacuations and isolated some towns in parts of Queensland.  Continue reading →

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland MP, today announced the Australian Government is providing natural disaster assistance to Western Australian communities affected by Tropical Cyclone Heidi in January 2012. Continue reading →

Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland MP, today said the deep bonds of friendship between Australia and New Zealand have been strengthened through the recent natural disasters endured by both countries. Continue reading →

Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Robert McClelland
Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh
QLD Emergency Services Minister, Neil Roberts

Ms Bligh said the Burke, Central Highlands, Cloncurry, Doomadgee, Flinders, Murweh, Richmond, Carpentaria, Quilpie, McKinlay and Mount Isa councils could now access assistance to cover the cost of counter disaster operations and to restore damaged public assets. Continue reading →