{"id":18721,"date":"2022-10-20T05:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18721"},"modified":"2022-10-20T05:04:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:04:06","slug":"adf-personnel-assisting-in-flood-affected-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/adf-personnel-assisting-in-flood-affected-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"ADF PERSONNEL ASSISTING IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to 500 ADF personnel will assist with the flood recovery in Victoria and New South Wales, as local communities continue to deal with the ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian Government has approved a request from Emergency Management Victoria to provide up to 400 personnel to assist emergency authorities or tasks including;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Filling and distribution of sandbags<\/li><li>Transport support to isolated families and emergency services stakeholders with high clearance vehicles<\/li><li>Diversion of water from a small dam and construction of three levees<\/li><li>Door knocking to support flood-affected residents<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADF personnel have been assisting communities in flood affected areas across regional Victoria. Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters are also supporting evacuation and resupply efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up to 100 ADF members are also assisting in New South Wales and a helicopter for night search and rescue on standby, primarily in Western New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-anthony-albanese-said\">Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe Australian Government is working closely with our Victorian and New South Wales counterparts to provide assistance as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already seen our ADF members hard at work filling sandbags in Shepparton, building levee banks in Echuca and helping out in Wagga Wagga.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cNow they will also be supporting more people as we move to the clean-up phase of this disaster.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"deputy-prime-minister-richard-marles-said\">Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cOnce again, the Australian Defence Force have stepped up and are helping people across the eastern states, often in the very communities where they live<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s checking on vulnerable people in flooded towns or getting supplies to isolated areas, our ADF personnel are supporting Australians in during their toughest times.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"emergency-management-minister-murray-watt-said\">Emergency Management Minister, Murray Watt said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHaving the ADF step up and help is be greatly appreciated in flood-affected areas.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is a short and sharp operation to complement the great work of the state emergency agencies and will assist our hardest hit communities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 500 ADF personnel will assist with the flood recovery in Victoria and New South Wales, as local communities continue to deal with the ongoing crisis. The Australian Government has approved a request from Emergency Management Victoria to provide up to 400 personnel to assist emergency authorities or tasks including; Filling and distribution of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/adf-personnel-assisting-in-flood-affected-areas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ADF PERSONNEL ASSISTING IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18722,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18721\/revisions\/18722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}