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Australian communities ravaged by bushfires get $650 million for recovery projects

A property impacted by the Currowan Fire in Conjola Park, NSW, Thursday, 2 January, 2020.

A property impacted by the Currowan Fire in Conjola Park, NSW, Thursday, 2 January, 2020. Source: AAP

Australian communities hard hit by bushfires will get a slice of a $650 million federal government package for localised recovery projects.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Australian communities hard hit by bushfires will get a slice of a $650 million federal government package for localised recovery projects.


Bushfire-ravaged towns will receive $650 million as they work to recover from the devastating summer bushfires.

Only about one-third of the clean up is complete.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison expects it to be finished by the end of June in New South Wales, and August in Victoria.

The funding stems from the height of the disaster, but the government has outlined how it will be spent.

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