It has been a tough few months for Josh Collings since his home in Victoria's north-east was burnt to the ground in January's bushfires: the rubble was only cleared last week.Businesses in tourist towns raise concerns heading into the winter monthsBreaking down the latest news and research to understand how the world is living through an epidemic, this is the ABC's Coronacast podcast.
Mr Collings said he had been told it would only take contractors three to four days to clear his rubble away, but it took them two weeks. "It's taking a lot longer than we were told it would, or we expected, but it is coming along," Mr Collings, who lives in Cudgewa, said. Despite the extra time and the wait for help, Mr Collings feels like he is one of the lucky ones among those who lost their homes in the fires, with many others still waiting for a clean-up and other kinds of assistance.
"I feel there is a sense of relief but also a sense of being forgotten. It's a really confusing time," he said.yet only 40 of nearly 700 properties have been cleared."We are dealing with a global pandemic at the moment, but we have not forgotten you, nor will we," Mr Andrews said.
Escape by positions with their incompetent bush fire/flood aftermath. Hiding behind the corona-19 virus, Corruption run wild.
Even after all those donations? Are you sure you interviewed every survivor or are you just assuming they feel this way?
did they forget the $50million raised for them, the concerts and the hundreds of thousands of items donated by the public. We are all now tighting our belt and trying to keep a roof over our heads and not die or infect someone- dont be selfish its unaustralian
I know there were some who just got on for it and knew we had to cancel their working bee.
Where has the money gone?
Funny how the government 'announces' things and then doesn't do them, isn't it? Infuritating that they keep getting away with it thanks to a largely-compliant media.
PeterRelph And no doubt still would have been sans the virus.
Hoping that they are all safe🙏
How long were the people from the previous fires in Kinglake living in caravans for?
Yes and I don't blame them. Imagine if your home is gone and you have to self isolate somewhere strange or in adequate. They still need to be front and centre of our govs, Feds and State.
Dont live in NSW so dont care about your bushfires
And no follow up to say who received money to help build their house. Rubbish Australian govt. Rubbish Red Cross Australia. coronavirusaustralia Bushfire
Still no $2 billion
Just the way the pointlessPM who CantHoldAHose wants it ... auspol LiarFromTheShire ScottyFromMarketing coronavirusaustralia ShutScoMoDown covid19australia
There are more pressing issues now
And a comedian has a lot of money in her bank account because people believed her 😡
I do. I've been in lockdown because of fires & the virus since November last year
larris16 They have been but it isn’t COVID. The regime had and has no intention of helping anyone but themselves. They are liars. Wake up Australia! bushfires coronavirusaustralia auspol
Remember elective surgery? Sufferers feel forgotten because of coronavirus .
I would to if the gov made promises to me that they never intended to keep.
Yeah I remember.....just make sure under no circumstances whatsoever, the state government doesn't use some twisted ploy to buy the victims farm land even using some rubbish safety threat.
They could always catch coronavirus & become the centre of attraction again for the immediate future. abcnews auspol
yesterdays news...
Yep, it was all the unprecedented rage for TheirABC until it took a backseat to the ChinaVirus. Only room for one on their blanket coverage.
Where’s the money?
I was just saying to my dad yesterday that I feel really sorry for people devastated by the bushfires because they've been swept aside by COVID-19.
Where did all the money we donated go?
In bushfires thousands of animals perish. Now it is humans turn? Frightening 😱
They were forgotten before the virus.
Never forget 😭
And on top of that there NEVER WAS $2bil Fire Relief ScottyFromMarketing & Fraudenberg LIED!!
Royal commission should be very interesting that's my focus compensation auspol
Yeah we remember the fires, and the $2 billion dollars.. where did that go?
The government has tried very hard to forget the promises it made to the victims of the bushfires. Just like they are hoping like hell a small war breaks out. So they can send our troops off to fight and take our attention from their current list of promises.
Who could forget? ItsTheGreensFault
CC all those touting DandongDan Andrews as PM material...
Hahahaha, paid Labor trolls are going off 🙄🙄
They should feel forgotten because the govt lied about setting up a $2 billion assistance fund
What bushfires,,love scomo
Call the redcross
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