Money please: Material donations to bushfire victims cause logistical nightmares

A “tsunami of donations” to bushfire victims has caused a logistical nightmare that is diverting resources away from fire fighting and other essential tasks, emergency services and non-profit organisations say.

“Australian generosity in times of giving and sharing in hard times is admirable, but right now we have got to be practical,” he said. Prefacing his comments by saying he didn’t want to seem ungrateful, Mr Andrews said there wasn’t the warehouse capacity, the people or the time to sort through. “It’s really important that those donations stop because they are diverting resources away from firefighting and providing support to those who are in real need.”

Donations of new and used clothes and goods have filled the Balmoral Village Hall and seven shipping containers. Potential donors have been put on a “hold” list.

sallyrawsthorne juliepower Yes money please ,so we can send 10% to the fire fighters ,clothing is no good we can’t sell enough of it to make us rich ,so send the money I need a new car

sallyrawsthorne juliepower Houston after Harvey went through the sane thing.

sallyrawsthorne juliepower Money is needed not a bag of old underpants.

sallyrawsthorne juliepower Not one more penny should go to Australia until government vows to protect wildlife! Money pouring from every corner of earth from Those desperate to save wildlife! Yet, Monday morning, shenhua mining is set to bulldoze rare unburned koala habitat at Liverpool plains near Breeza!

sallyrawsthorne juliepower People need to hold their own garage sale to sell their stuff and then donate the money. Be like the people today and hold a neighbourhood sale and then donate

sallyrawsthorne juliepower I have to say I think the donations are way over the top - how is the money being spent? I think it’s gone too far

sallyrawsthorne shout out to the amazing women at the cwaofnsw and volunteers at RFS. Can you imagine sorting this much stuff? hard enough putting the groceries and the washing away.

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