Fitzroy Crossing

They will return to Broome to meet volunteers and emergency workers; Mark McGowan has warned flood-hit communities face a long recovery. Mr Albanese touched ...

We knew it was coming but there was nothing anyone could do," Shelley Johnston said. It's the West Australian way," he said. "We've lost everything. "The unprecedented nature of the floods in the region has also made it extremely challenging for the rescue, relocation and resupply logistics and operations. "There'll also be required support for individuals and that support needs to be not just financial, of course, but we need to bear in mind the need for counselling and support as well. Mr Albanese and Mr McGowan have visited the evacuation centre in the town and toured damaged areas.

The owners of a popular watering hole in Western Australia's Kimberley region have hit out at looters who allegedly broke in to the pub and stole alcohol ...

The Fitzroy Bridge has been cut in half by floodwaters as up to 230 residents were ordered to evacuate from affected areas last week - with Australian Defence Force aircraft and personnel called in to assist in evacuations. The pub posted a photo of just a 'small amount' of the cans of beer and cider that would be destroyed in the interests of community safety 'Firstly, to the (alleged) looters breaking in to get alcohol over the past days - shame on you,' the pub wrote, alongside a photo of dozens of cans of alcohol submerged in mud.

The record-high floodwaters from ex-tropical cyclone Ellie have subsided after reaching 15.8 metres in the Fitzroy River catchment about 400 kilometres east of ...

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Disaster recovery assistance has been made available to flood-affected communities in Western Australia's Kimberley region after heavy rainfall associated ...

“With this in mind, we have been working closely with the Commonwealth Government to make sure people in impacted communities will have access to Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.” Community infrastructure and homes have also been impacted by the event. “We’ll continue to work cooperatively with the Federal Government to get support out to the communities affected and I thank everyone who has been assisting in the response for their efforts.” WA Minister for Emergency Services, the Hon Stephen Dawson, said the McGowan Government had been in regular contact with the Federal Government to fast-track the activation of the DRFA, which will provide much-needed support for the community. “I’d like to thank all of our hard working emergency services personnel and volunteers for their hard work and assistance during this unprecedented event.” “We have already deployed aircraft to assist with evacuations and to transport crucial supplies, and will continue to provide support now and long after the water recedes,” Prime Minister Albanese said.

Flood victims in Western Australia are now able to access disaster relief payments and other support via joint federal-state arrangements. Similar packages are ...

Flood victims in Western Australia are now able to access disaster relief payments and other support via joint federal-state arrangements. The astonishing rainfall has seen the Martuwarra / Fitzroy River swell to as wide as 50km in some parts, and to a height of 15.8m in Fitzroy Crossing. “There’s no air conditioning, and we don’t have the toilet facilities and the kitchen facilities to deal with a crisis of this size and magnitude,” he told AAP.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the flooding as a “one-in-100 year event”, noting that record-breaking disaster events were occurring more ...

People will be devastated by the experience that they’ve gone through in recent days.” “We know that the bill will be substantial and my government is committed to providing whatever support that we can in partnership with the WA government, but also local government, working with communities to make sure that the rebuilding occurs as quickly as possible,” Albanese said. “There’s no air conditioning and we don’t have the toilet facilities and the kitchen facilities to deal with a crisis of this size and magnitude,” he said. And that support needs to be not just financial, of course, but we need to bear in mind the need for counselling and support as well. “I’ve now been to Tasmania, Victoria, NSW, South Australia, and now WA, in the relatively short time that I’ve been prime minister looking at these events, talking about a one-in-100-year event over and over again.” Albanese described the flooding as a “one-in-100-year event” in a radio interview on Monday, before boarding a small plane to tour the damaged region and meet with volunteers and victims at the evacuation centre.

Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan has thanked the Australian Defence Force, Department of Communities personnel and volunteers for supporting towns ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Fitzroy Crossing and flood-affected regions of Broome, Western Australia, are “keen to make sure that power and ...

A Fitzroy Crossing pub has been forced to destroy its alcohol stock after it became the target of shameless looters in the flood zone.

The four accused charged over the hotel burglary are due in court on January 24. “Firstly, to the looters breaking in to get alcohol over the past days — shame on you,” the pub said. The pub continued, “finally, after being able to assess the damage properly today, we have made the decision to destroy all alcohol kept on site”.

And I've met this morning already with Pat Dodson, of course, our Senator who's based in Broome, who will be travelling out with myself and Murray Watt, the ...

And one of the reasons why Murray Watt is here as the Minister not just for Emergency Services, but also for Agriculture, is to speak to people on the ground. And that support needs to be not just financial, of course, but we need to bear in mind the need for counselling and support as well. But they'll be here to provide support as well, at the request of the WA Government. But the stock loss is supposedly unknown at the moment, of course, but very, very devastating. That is the major artery heading north in the great state of Western Australia, but also across to the Northern Territory. We'll be announcing significant support today: support for emergency assistance, support for people with their temporary living expenses who've been put out of their homes, $10,000 grants for housing repairs and replacement, up to $10,000 grants for replacement of essential items in in homes that have been impacted as well. Is that going to be an ongoing problem? There are a couple of hundred people at one stage were staying in the emergency accommodation that has been established here at the community centre. I've now been to Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, and now WA, in the relatively short time that I've been Prime Minister looking at these events, talking about a one-in-one-hundred year event over and over again. One of the the issues that Senator Dodson was raising with me is a number of the smaller communities, particularly Indigenous communities, located around Fitzroy Crossing, and the fact that for many of those, they've been isolated and cut off from each other. And I've met this morning already with Pat Dodson, of course, our Senator who's based in Broome, who will be travelling out with myself and Murray Watt, the Minister, but also with the WA Premier Mark McGowan and Stephen Dawson, the State Minister, to see for ourselves on the ground the impact that this is having. GARY ADSHEAD, HOST: The Prime Minister is in Broome about to get on a plane.