FLOODS - CARNARVON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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FOR MF! DIA24 June 1980
FLOODS CARNARVON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The Prime Minister today expressed his concern at the
damage to property and hardship caused to individuals
by the extensive floods in the Carnarvon area.
I offer my sympathy to those in distress and congratulate
the p ersonnel of the State Emergency State Services without
whose efforts the extent of this disaster would have been far
greater. I have advised the Premier of Western Australia that' the
Commonwealth stands ready to provide whatever assistance
should ifrove necessary under the terms of the natural
disaster assistance arrangements agreed between the
Commonwealth. and the State. I Al 14
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