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Speaker 1: This is gem Nation with Jenes Well. It's the biggest

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Speaker 1: ever flood response in New South Wales history, and we

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Speaker 1: are in our sixty fourth day of a state of emergency.

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Speaker 1: It's just heartbreaking for the people of these flood affected

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Speaker 1: areas of the central West to continue to battle through

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Speaker 1: these harsh conditions. Yesterday, Premier Dominic Perreite said in your

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Speaker 1: Gowa and Forbes there's a continued focus on the response,

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Speaker 1: on rescues and on keeping people safe. They are still

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Speaker 1: in the heart of it. To tell us more, The

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Speaker 1: premiers joins us. Now, good morning, Premier, morning.

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Speaker 2: Man, I'm boing jogie.

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Speaker 3: How you doing, Hello, Dominic, how are you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Good?

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Speaker 1: Terrifying times. We spoke to Miley Hogan, a Channel seven

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Speaker 1: reporter earlier this morning. She's in the heart of it

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Speaker 1: in Forbes, which is now divided into three separate sections,

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Speaker 1: and the only way people can be rescued is by boat,

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Speaker 1: it seems at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, it is incredibly big old time and it's

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Speaker 2: a high alert for places like in Forbes and in Ghanhada.

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Speaker 2: That take you Gowa, which speaks of that flash flight

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Speaker 2: come in two two days ago to get to give

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Speaker 2: you some sense in relation to that. The town of

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Speaker 2: around seven hundred people, one hundred and fifty people required rescuing.

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Speaker 2: That's one in five people in that town either rescued

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Speaker 2: by aircraft or boat. And it came up so quickly.

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Speaker 2: And I've spent a fair bit of time now in

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Speaker 2: the Central West, and you know, it's difficult. There's a

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Speaker 2: lot of people who have gone through flood event after

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Speaker 2: flood event and are incredibly tired, but they're strong, they're resilient,

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Speaker 2: and we'll get through this period of time as well.

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Speaker 3: And as amount of said sixty four days we've been

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Speaker 3: in this state emergency, and when you look at things

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Speaker 3: like the way Angler dam surely this is going to

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Speaker 3: fast track raising the damn wall.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Jones's got to be done. And you know, we've

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Speaker 2: obviously got work. It's not to finalize that work and

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Speaker 2: have that with the federal government because you know, every

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Speaker 2: time I've been in forms recently, it's the number one

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Speaker 2: thing that people speak to me about. It's incredibly important

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Speaker 2: for that war to be raised because of the impact

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Speaker 2: on lives downstream, and that's about saving life, saving property,

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Speaker 2: and we've got to get serious about it. And these

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Speaker 2: projects don't occur overnight. They're complex engineering projects. But what

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Speaker 2: we do know is that sometime in the future, once

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Speaker 2: we get through this period, there'll be another flood and

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Speaker 2: the decisions that we make today is governments will need

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Speaker 2: to protect our communities for decades to con't.

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Speaker 3: But you said that there's not really a timeline on it,

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Speaker 3: though I would imagine that was me. I would be saying, well,

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Speaker 3: let's get this thing done, make it a one priority.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we are. And it's not just this project

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Speaker 2: where the work needs to be finished up as stay

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Speaker 2: as possible. I've also raised it with Warrior Dam for

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Speaker 2: damp and protecting communities in Western Sydney. That project has

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Speaker 2: been going on for too long. The Planning ministers called

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Speaker 2: that in as critical infrastructure to get rid of the

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Speaker 2: red tape and the bureaucratic processes that slow down these

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Speaker 2: projects getting off the ground, and they're not easy and

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Speaker 2: a project right way Anglo. Even once that work's done,

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Speaker 2: we'll be able to start raising it until the water

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Speaker 2: levels are obviously much much lower, but we need when

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Speaker 2: that happens, we need to be ready to get in

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Speaker 2: there and have that project completed.

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Speaker 1: Well, it feels like every week, there's a flood in

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Speaker 1: New South Wales. Is a natural disaster? Is this the future?

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Speaker 1: Is something shifting here? We know obviously climate change is

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Speaker 1: a footy year, but what can we do? Are there

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Speaker 1: towns that will never recover?

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Speaker 2: We'll get through that, I mean, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 2: we announced with the Prime Minister recently up in the

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Speaker 2: Northern Rivers of buyback scheme. So I think the things

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Speaker 2: that we can do in a smarter way going forward.

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Speaker 2: We shouldn't be building and developing on floodplanes. And we

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Speaker 2: had a flood inquiry recently and some of the recommendations

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Speaker 2: that came out of that is that we should start

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Speaker 2: looking at these things differently, and flight plans could be

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Speaker 2: used for recreational facilities and and open spaces not used

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Speaker 2: for homes. So there's ways in which I think we're

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Speaker 2: planning and future development that we can build in a

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Speaker 2: way that will protect protect lives and protect property. But

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Speaker 2: it has been a very difficult four years for the

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Speaker 2: so many flight events, the pandemic, now floods again. But

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Speaker 2: we'll get through. It's as tough as it's been and

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Speaker 2: as hard as has been for many people across the state.

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Speaker 2: We're still standing strong and my commitment as Premiere is

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Speaker 2: not just obviously from ensuring that we get through this

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Speaker 2: response period, but we're back on the ground there helping

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Speaker 2: every one of our communities across the Central West step

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Speaker 2: back on their feet as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 1: Well, obviously people will want to when the time comes

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Speaker 1: to donate, can we be assured that that money will

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Speaker 1: get to them quickly?

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Speaker 2: Yes, it has to, and not just from the donations perspective, Amanda,

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Speaker 2: also from the New South Wales government through Service New

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Speaker 2: South Wales, where I've been working very closely with the

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Speaker 2: Prime Minister to make sure there's been financial assistance available

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Speaker 2: for primary producers, for counsels, for local businesses, and we

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Speaker 2: still remain engaged together to make sure that not only

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Speaker 2: do we sign off on those dollars being available to people,

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Speaker 2: but through Service New South Wales, that money gets out

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Speaker 2: the door as quickly as possible. I don't want it

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Speaker 2: to be caught up in a red tape. Donations obviously

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Speaker 2: will come and I'll work through that with obviously those

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Speaker 2: charities to make sure it's not just getting out the door,

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Speaker 2: but it's going towards those communities that need it. Well,

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Speaker 2: good work.

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Speaker 3: Thank you dominic Yes, thank.

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Speaker 2: You, no, thanks guys, have a great day.

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Speaker 3: Thank you Premier DOMINICQ. Parite there