2022-10-18
The Victorian Greens have called on the Federal Government to ensure Kensington residents are included in its disaster recovery payment scheme.
Right now, residents are being left out of the scheme as the City of Melbourne is not listed as one of the affected local government areas.
This is despite the fact that over the weekend Kensington residents along the Maribyrnong River lost cars and assets, and homes were damaged.
Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens, Ellen Sandell, has reached out to the Federal Government to try to fix the problem.
Quotes attributable to Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens, Ellen Sandell MP:
“Over the weekend we saw people right across the state devastated by floods, yet a quirk of bureaucracy means that some people can get payments while others can’t.
“We’d like to see this fixed so no-one misses out just because they live on the ‘wrong’ side of the river.”