Emergency services have ‘shone through’ over past week: Morrison

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked SES for their efforts during the floods, saying their skills have “shone through” over the past week. “This is what our agencies train for, so that in moments of great crisis they can act,” he said. “We have the most professional, well trained volunteers and professional people working in these organisations and their skills have just shone through over this past week. “Their leadership, their management, their organisation, just getting the job done here when people need it the most. “And it might be blue skies here today in Western Sydney, but the job is still going on on the ground as we move into the clean-up phase”. The prime minister also announced $5 million loans for businesses would be extended into flood affected areas to assist in the recovery. “I spoke to the treasurer yesterday and we were able to get it done overnight,” he said. “We’ll be extending those new loan products that we’ve already announced. These are these $5 million loans for businesses up to $250 million in turnover which has two years nothing to pay, 10-year loan terms. “They will be extending into the flood affected areas as well”.

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