$2.68 Million to Improve Natural Disaster Resilience in Bradfield

Federal Member for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher, has welcomed a Commonwealth-State joint-funding announcement of $2.68 million in projects to help better protect New South Wales communities from the threat of bushfires.

Mr Fletcher welcomed today’s announcement which will contribute $140,900 to Ku-ring-gai Council for the Clissold Golden Jubilee Track.

This project is one of 126 projects to maintain vital fire trails and fire towers.

Projects are jointly supported by Commonwealth-State Government funding and contributions from recipients under the Natural Disaster Resilience Program which has provided NSW with $13.5 million since 2014.

Mr Fletcher said “Natural disasters can have an enormous impact on our economy and cripple businesses and communities the Clissold Golden Jubilee Track will assist Wahroonga and the wider community to be more resilient and better prepared to prevent and lessen the impact of future bushfires.  

Mr Fletcher said while the nature and size of the country’s landscape meant that natural hazards were a fact of life in Australia, more needed to be done to manage natural disaster risks.

“The Australian Government is supporting New South Wales to boost the resilience of communities to future events,” Mr Fletcher said.