Australia’s government has said it is willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country. Australia’s government has said it is willing to pay “whatever it takes” to help communities recover from deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country. Australia to pay ‘whatever it takes’ to deal with wildfiresPrime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra two billion Australian dollars (£1 billion) towards the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars that have already been promised. “And so that’s why I outlined today that this is an initial, an additional, investment of two billion dollars. Another person in southern New South Wales was reported missing, New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian said.

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2020 13:52 UTC