Anthony Albanese said the government has requested defence personnel to aid clean-up efforts as he toured badly affected areas on the north-west outskirts of the city on Wednesday morning. He announced a financial support package for people worst impacted by the fourth major flood in New South Wales state in 18 months.
"We need to show leadership and encourage that action," Albanese told reporters."That is one of the reasons why my government is taking climate change seriously and engaging with the world to ensure that global action steps up." A series of natural disasters in Australia, including bushfires and droughts, has put national climate policy into sharp relief, and a new Labor government vowing tougher action was elected in May.
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