Getting my popcorn ready.
Here are the eligible LGAs.
Blacktown
Blue Mountains
Camden
Canterbury Bankstown
Campbelltown
Central Coast
Cessnock
Fairfield
Georges River
Hawkesbury
Hornsby
Kiama
Lithgow
Liverpool
Northern Beaches
Penrith
Shellharbour
Shoalhaven
Sutherland
The Hills
Wingecarribee
Wollondilly
Wollongong
Check the last topic regarding this and you'l see how it was abused. And since when having popcorn became offensive to someone during natural disaster?
Yeah, lots of dodgy claims.
Agree, my son told me he knows many that claim the payments despite their homes not affected. Seems they just hand it out without checking.
yep. Every single person I know, and their extended families, who claimed the maximum including their kids had zero issues from the rain.
Scum
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get these payments right. The purpose is to provide immediate relief/assistance.
People in disaster zone get impacted in many different ways. Having a home affected is one sign of impact. People's jobs/businesses may be impacted, prices go up, extra expenses merely to find a tradie to do regular maintenance can be an issue because all local tradies would be busy with insurance work. All may be good with a house, but it may loose power because few trees came down on the powerlines. Means now your fridge is not working, through out all the food, hire or buy a gennie to power or heat up the house.
I am not in their shoes, but as an SES volunteer so I know that impact is not always apparent.
No wonder inflation is rising. If they keep on handing out cash like cheap sausage then we will soon end up with collapsed economy.
I'm going to guess you live on a hill
No, behind bars.
I initially held no grudges as these people put their hand out, believing it was Morrison buying votes… but now it's just gone too far.
These events are happening more and more.
The tax payers of Australia cannot keep giving handouts to these people.
When are we going to accept that its just another June?
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It is July.
The thing is we can, and the government will continue to do so without consideration of long term effects
The thing is we can
Not really, check the debt figures, it is getting to be a large burden.
and the government will continue to do so without consideration of long term effects
And that is the problem, govs develop policies for the now and just kick the debt can down the road for the next guy.
This isn't a new policy.
The events that trigger enactment of the policy are increasing in frequency. The need is increasing in frequency.
Perrottet handing out money like it's going out of fashion.
Then asking for more GST share because NSW is poor and supposedly the capital of Australia.
Liberal monetary policy is non existent.
Also have they not seen inflation levels?
You want less money out there not more.
Is that true? I recall articles where people from the bushfires and several floods ago were still waiting on disaster payments. And if you think the government was stingy and slow the Red Cross was criticised for holding onto donated money "to help people later". The public burn was so bad that the Red Cross came out to say that they'll roll the money out the door sooner. I think it was the Red Cross but it was something along those lines.
There has been a change in the Federal Government since then.
If you live in these LGA’s I don’t see how you can claim unless you have been made homeless or something, or suffered significant damage. Anything else is fraud.
More cash splash. Ripper. I wonder how many illegitimate claims they'll have this time.
becoming more like communism. give out $ so easy so everyone on the same level no rich no poor
where is the official link?
TBH insurance should be mandatory for these people experiencing multiple losses. If you are going to live in a flood-prone area or receive compensation after a flood it should be with the proviso that you rebuild elsewhere.
For areas that don't flood often I can sort of understand, but when they come on TV saying this is the 4th time in 4 years it's a bit much.
It's going to keep costing so much money. Some of them were saying they can't afford flood insurance because it's 28k a year. Well… that should be sending you a message in regards to your risk.
The government is not your personal insurance company. Maybe a one-off relocation allowance but to do this every few years is nuts.
$1,000/adult and some for each kid is only intended for those that have been made homeless or suffered significant damage. Those payments, for the number of genuine cases, will not cause a huge whole in the Federal or State budgets.
People stealing this money may.
$1000 per adult for everyone who had their homes destroyed..
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I don't remember being asked if they could spend my tax money on this? I'd rather it go to aussies who need it.
You voted for a representative in government who made the decision to spend your tax money on this. That's how a democracy works.
No it isn't. Democracy is 'majority rules' not 'majority gets to pick who lords it over us unaccountably for the next 3 years'. The government represents no one but it's own interests.
The amount of people I know who claim these payments that have not been affected is crazy. And we wonder why our Federal & NSW Government are in such deficits.
I have no issue with these payments for genuine cases, however a better balance needs to be struck between reducing difficulty for those that need money quickly due to these natural disasters and ensuring there is adequate deterrence for false claims.
Eligibility needs to be tightened & payment should be means tested. Those that claim who can't adequately prove eligibility should have to repay x2.
I agree. The people who aren't entitled to it and still claim it are scum
agree. its very easy to claim and seems its automated as some people get the $ next day.
and yeah gov will do random audit probably one in thousand get caught but the rest will be happy jan.
the idea is wrong, if you cant enforce it then dont do it.
The idea (i.e. providing help to people who need it) is not wrong.
The people that claim it when not entitled to are at the core of the problem. Enforcing it through audits or a stronger application process resolves (the majority of) that, but adds more costs to the program.
If people didn't try and rip off taxpayers, we would all be better off.
Thanks for posting, but why getting the popcorn ready? People are enduring a natural disaster, and you are getting the popcorn ready.