{"id":6104,"date":"2020-04-20T08:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T08:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6104"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T08:58:46","slug":"140-million-to-boost-critical-industries-damaged-by-bushfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/140-million-to-boost-critical-industries-damaged-by-bushfires\/","title":{"rendered":"$140 MILLION TO BOOST CRITICAL INDUSTRIES DAMAGED BY BUSHFIRES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government today announced a $140 million Bushfire Industry Recovery Package to support forestry, horticulture and agriculture industries impacted by the recent bushfires.<br \/>\nPremier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Disaster Recovery John Barilaro said the package will help industries significantly impacted by bushfires to rebuild, recover, regrow and remain the heartbeat of regional economies.<br \/>\n\u201cThis funding will support the recovery and resilience of key industries by backing projects that retain and create jobs, strengthen local supply chains and support a return to production,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.<br \/>\n\u201cRegional NSW relies on these key driver industries to help generate jobs and economic activity and this funding will provide the direct help many businesses need to recover from devastating losses, which in turn will help their wider industry remain viable.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Barilaro said regional NSW is the backbone of this State and it is critical to support the key regional industries which keep our economy thriving.<br \/>\n\u201cOur farmers feed this State and this Nation, and not only have they endured the worst drought on record, but many have suffered horrific bushfires and now COVID-19 is affecting our regional economies,\u201d Mr Barilaro said.<br \/>\n\u201cBushfire impacted towns cannot afford to suffer further job losses and economic downturn, which is why we are delivering this funding to keep our key regional industries in business.<br \/>\n\u201cIndustries with the greatest impact will be given the greatest share of this funding. The program will focus on recovery in the short term and will support valuable investments to help these sectors plan for recovery in the longer term.\u201d<br \/>\nDetails of funding criteria including amounts available for businesses under this package will be made available with the release of program Guidelines in the coming weeks.<br \/>\nOther bushfire support measures include the NSW and Australian Governments sharing the cost for the clean-up of residential and small business properties, the NSW Government\u2019s $1 billion fund to replace vital state infrastructure, $75,000 grants for bushfire affected primary producers and $50,000 grants for bushfire affected small businesses.<br \/>\nFor a full list of all available bushfire support, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.service.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government today announced a $140 million Bushfire Industry Recovery Package to support forestry, horticulture and agriculture industries impacted by the recent bushfires. Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Deputy Premier and Minister responsible for Disaster Recovery John Barilaro said the package will help industries significantly impacted by bushfires to rebuild, recover, regrow and remain the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/20\/140-million-to-boost-critical-industries-damaged-by-bushfires\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$140 MILLION TO BOOST CRITICAL INDUSTRIES DAMAGED BY BUSHFIRES&#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-6104","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\/6104","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=6104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}