Prime Minister
PRIME MINISTER: I’m looking forward to getting the report Shane but I want to thank everybody for coming together on this first meeting.
The great success that we've had through the recovery agency up in North Queensland, I think speaks for itself in the way that the agency has been able to move so quickly to give people, not only the support that they need but the hope that they need to move forward and we’ve seen that up in North Queensland. And this initiative is really about taking the lessons from that process and ensuring that we’re applying them more broadly with all the issues we’re moving on in the drought. It's also important to acknowledge today that while our hearts remain heavy around the bushfires, we have never forgotten what's happening out in rural and regional Australia when it comes to the drought. Nor have we forgotten what happened a year ago up in North Queensland with the floods and these disasters have hit so many places and remain front and centre on our focus as a Government. And what you’re seeing here with this agency headed up by Shane and his wonderful team of people who know what they're doing and know what they’re talking about, that will ensure that will continue to roll out the support and see the recovery of our great country in the way we expect to see it happen and our response to these disasters.
So thank you very much.