philippa macdonald, abc news, batemans bay.een presented with his father's medal for bravery at his funeral. one—year—old harvey keaton, wore a uniform, and sucked his dummy as received his father's posthumous medal at thursday's funeral near sydney. dozens of firefighters formed a guard of honour to salute mr keaton‘s coffin. more now on the news that rail fares will rise by an average of nearly 3% today, despite another year of poor performance by train companies. passengers will have to pay an average of 2.7% more for train tickets. however, figures from network rail show that only 65% of trains arrived at their scheduled station on time in the 12 months to december 2019. our correspondent victoria fritz has been gauging the reaction to the increase at london bridge station. london bridge is one of the busiest stations in the country and its recently had a £1 billion face—lift, and its redevelopment of places like this, which is how the whole those rail fare increases every single year. so this year tickets are going up by 2

we're standing in the middle of what has become a makeshift evacuation center a resort here in batemans bay which is a holaday area has now become an evacuation center of course residents are very fearful of what is to come the winds only pick you up now we're hearing that winds in some parts of new south wales are as fast as around 80 kilometers an hour they're expected to pick up speed so we are hearing that it will be a very long day for fire crews ahead well earlier we spoke to one man who fled to batemans bay alongside his family. we're not too sure about the conditions today but we've actually lost not because conditions were worsening and it was meant to be a very bleak day today so we made sure that we were in a safe zone and that's where we came here work to make sure our family my family and my kids were safe and is this seems to be the safest area at the moment so they've been warlord says his fight is now against a quote foreign occupier after turkey's parliament agreed to send troops to libya after us forces have laid siege to the capital tripoli since april libya's u.n. recogn

in the coastal town of batemans bay in new south wales, residents have fled, taking shelter on the beachitions. 300 kilometres south in the state of victoria, thousands in mallacoota also escaped to the shores. at one point, people were told to jump in the water if the fire came their way. more than a dozen emergency level blazes, spanning 500 kilometres, have stretched across the two states of victoria and new south wales. several holiday spots along the coast have now been cut off and the main road in the region is closed. military aircraft and vessels could be sent to help rescue efforts and to bring aid to those trapped in the worst—hit areas. time and time again, people have told us that the scale of these fires is unlike anything they'd ever seen before and so too is the extent of the damage. and as these blazes continue to rage across eastern and southern australia, many are dealing with the reality of going back home when they've lost everything. the village of balmoral in new south wales has seen some of the worst devastation in recent weeks. everywhere you look is a sign of how

tourist leave zone" has been declared for a 180 kilometre stretch of the new south wales coast from batemans baynboyn. almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. in the last hour the prime minister scott morrison has been paying tribute to the fire fighters and emergecny services who've coordinated recovery efforts. he also called on people to follow the advice when evactuating. i would continue to ask people to be patient, i know you have kids in the carand is patient, i know you have kids in the car and is anxiety and there is stress, and the traffic is not moving quickly. but the best thing to do, the best thing that helps those out there volunteering, out there trying to restore some water to the situations, is for everyone just to be patient. and that help will arrive. there are positive both victoria new south wales which been com pletely victoria new south wales which been completely devastated with the loss of power, loss of communications, every absolute effort is been ——in train to make sure those things can be stood up as villages ——as quick as po

now it will take a long time for this country to heal all right i just got washington there in batemans bay new south wales jessica thank you. turkey's president has announced that turkish soldiers are being deployed to libya to help in the fight against warlord who have tossed it comes as libya's u.n. backed government declares 3 days of mourning for the victims of saturday's airstrike on a military academy in tripoli at least 30 students were killed the wide reports. funerals for the younger military students killed in an air strike in tripoli. and libya as you enter recognized a government in no doubt ho to blame for the attack one of the country's backing warlords honey for have to wonder are. we pledged to take revenge on the united arab emirates that states have been conspiring against us since the beginning of the 17th of february pollution in 2011 a spokesman for have told denied his forces were responsible saying the incident it would be investigated the investigation is also required now from the u.n. mission to send fact finding committees to the location of the bombing i general

wales fire and rescue to publish this map they've advised people to leave the shaded area from batemans bay south to the victorian border 250 kilometer distance down the coast i think the big thing that we've got on the wire the moment is that it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that we're going to sign and people are going to have to be patient the right people are queuing up to get into petrol stations through traffic is unable to get for you clearly have to go to hell some to get out of thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to say but themselves and house is gone it's completely burnt yesterday morning to show. we went out there that the block that we were on has been burned from one side or the other does not apply to grass on it there's nothing left. about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier and with more fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison. counterclaims it's

and there's still likely to be weeks of devastation to come jessica washington al-jazeera batemans bay astray. students and teachers at one of india's leading universities have been attacked after a group of masked men stormed the campus in the capital new delhi a student to the ruling b j p party is being blamed and police are also accused of not taking action quickly enough until burra has more now from new delhi on sunday evening about 50 miles men holding on rolls went inside a campus of university in new delhi. he took some students of that to many others who were also allegations that the beat up some teachers that is well now the students of university have protested against the controversial citizenship law this is a these men were no rules but members of the repeat which is another students' union affiliated with the ruling party the nationalist party. this happened on the day that protesters. also complained that police had gone out and asked them to leave they are worried that they may be asked to wrap up the protests and all of this is happening at a time when india's home

are being destroyed and while lives have been lost all right i just go to washington there in batemans bay in new south wales jessica thank you. now china has replaced its top representative in hong kong as protests they are about to enter an 8 month state media says the head of beijing's liaison office wang jammin has been removed as the 1st major reshuffle since the demonstrations began in june last year the fate of at least 700000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children could become one of the defining issues of the 2020 presidential election president trump is trying to end a program that temporarily protected them from deportation the supreme court is set to make a decision on their future just months before election day and again i reports norma ramirez was 5 years old when her parents brought her to the u.s. illegally she says that she didn't feel different growing up but like hundreds of thousands of others she's on documented scared uncertain about the future and i have a social security number. really devastating because i had done everything by. others y

astray and there's still likely to be weeks of devastation to come jessica washington al-jazeera batemans bay as. students and teachers at one of india's leading universities have been attacked a group of mosque men stormed the java harlan and university campus in the capital new delhi a student body linked to the governing b j p is being blamed and police are accused of not responding quickly enough and is in the grip of protests against new citizenship nor which opponents say discriminates against muslims in hong kong dozens of people have been arrested after petrol bombs were hurled at a police station the trouble followed what had been peaceful demonstrations and shown show the district demanding that mainland chinese traders leave the territory . now the treasures of the egyptian king tut and khan moon are on a 2 year world tour before there were times in egypt to be put on show in a brand new museum so now they're in london just a bold and went to take a look. at all treasures from ancient egypt. for the afterlife. for the boy king tootin comic. dazzling ornaments made more than 3000 ye

for you clearly have to go to help them to get out of the thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to say but themselves and a house is gone it's completely burnt and yesterday morning to show. we went out there that the block that we were on has been burned from one side of the other does not apply to grass on it there's nothing left. about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier and with a. fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison counted claims as a consequence of manmade climate change is no doubt natural disasters turned that why angry because that's what i up by our natural disasters what we're saying is we have we cannot control the natural disaster but what we can do is control our response firefighters are trying to control the risk by destroying the bush 1st back burning to create natural firebreaks residents prepared to those choosing to stay gathered supply lines and feel for generations in

way a strong winds of hot weather continue to spread raging bushfires jessica washington is in batemans bay and joins us now hi there jessica what are conditions like right now. truly well authorities had warned of extreme heat today on saturday in astray and strong winds that's a dangerous combination for crews on the ground and we can as you can see the wind really has just started to pick up and emergency warnings are in place across this south south coast of new south wales where standing in the middle of what has become a makeshift evacuation center a resort here in batemans bay which is a holiday area has now become an evacuation center i'm joined by one evacuee george george tell me you evacuated your property what you know about conditions where you live. we're not too sure about the conditions today but we evacuated last night because conditions were worsening and it was meant to be very bleak today so we made sure that we were in a safe zone and that's what we came here were to make sure our family my family and my kids were safe and is this seems to be the safest area at the mome

with slightly cooler temperatures and even light rain in some regions just to washington is in batemans bay on australia's east coast this was once a leafy beach side suburb fires ripped apart this community on the new south wales south coast destroying most houses. hundreds of bush fires are burning across parts of the country worsened by severe drought and intense heat but after weeks of bad news finally the much needed arrival of cooler temperatures and even a bit of rain to quite call it's. in the light twenty's and he's right you have so minded i thank goodness i don't think i've ever seen right for long so that's helped the far situation immensely it's still not out there what i want people to get complacent curzon making the most of this brief window of cooler conditions to bring more fires under control but across many parts of australia fires are burning at emergency levels and this brief spell of rain isn't enough just soffits. before the heat inevitably returns thousands of volunteers firefighters are in the field protecting communities around affected states. you know very very

in the coastal town of batemans bay, firefighters are racing to protect those who have decided to staydespite the warnings, jeff and pamela zorbas decided they are not leaving their small town of sussex inlet. hopefully, it is not going to be as bad as they are predicting but we have got the hoses ready and we just hose the house down if the embers come. and if the fires do hit hard, we've got a boat here. we're going tojump in the boat and we are going to get out to see. ——we're going tojump in the boat and we are going to get out to sea. i'lljust take the family and the dogs and away we go. jay martin is also staying put to defend his house and help friends and neighbours. he tells me the anticipation of disaster is what worries him. waiting. that's the hardest part. we've been at it for two weeks and it's just waiting. and there's people who've got it a lot tougher than me. i've just been waiting and helping out, just getting through tomorrow and hope it all passes and we get a bit of rain on monday. a blaze has just started on the bush in this area, just beyond that tree line. fire

than a dozen emergency level fires are burning across a 500km stretch spanning two states — from batemans bay victoria. the flames are being fanned by extremely hot and windy conditions. anne clark has been forced to evacuate from her farm on the new south wales south coast with her family. i asked her to explain what made her decide to flee. we are actually literally evacuating now out of the area where ourfarm is. yesterday we could not do that. we had an emergency warning coming from the rural fire service very early in the morning and we could evacuate so, we are very near the beach, we packed our bags and got ready to go to the beach, basically. but it was genuinely terrifying. it was like the day never happened yesterday — there was no dawn, it was just red and and dark and smoky the whole day, and we did not know what was going to happen. it was very, very movable and very scary. do you have any news on the situation at your farm, in your property? yeah, well, we'vejust left now. today is a much easier day. a southerly wind came through so we were actually saved at the farm yesterday.

or you clearly have to go to help them to get out of the thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to say but themselves and house is gone it's completely burnt we found out yesterday morning to show. we went out there that the block that we were on has been burned from one side of the other does not apply to grass on it there's nothing left. about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier and with more fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison counted claims it's a consequence of man made climate change is no doubt natural disasters turned that why andrew. because that's what i up by our natural disasters what we're saying is we have we cannot control the natural disaster but what we can do is control our response firefighters are trying to control the risk by destroying the bush 1st back burning to create natural firebreaks residents prepared to those choosing to stay gathered supply lines and feel for

rescue has advised her to leave and residents to prepare for extreme fires in the shaded areas from batemans baysouth to the victorian border a 250 kilometer distance down the coast and another block inland i think the big thing that we've got on the wide the moment is it's the largest mass rely cashen of people out of the region that we're going to sign and people are going have to the rights people are queuing up to get into petrol stations through traffic is navigates for really have to go to help them to get out of the thousands heeded the advice to leave batemans bay and drive north towards sydney many with nothing left to save but themselves and a house is gone it's completely burnt and yesterday morning to show. we went out there that the block that we were on has been burned from one side or the other does not apply to grass on it there's nothing left. about $1300.00 homes have been destroyed in new south wales since the fire season began in october it's been a record breaking year the fires arrived earlier. and with more fury the normal straight in prime minister scott morrison counted

you know this area has already been here is incredibly hard by this bushfire season i mean batemans bay in new south wales and i'm joined now by captain in 8 ken who is coordinating efforts from headquarters here in tell me about the the conditions that crews a facing today on the ground at the moment it's the temperatures increasing will probably get to somewhere between 35 and 40 degrees today. the thrilled if you mean he's coming to get dropped so using version. starts to rise see the conditions will get quite dangerous. probably more to the south of us is going to be more affected most of the area to the north of us is fairly well but now so we're going to be we still got some pockets where we were quite concerned about in our area and we're trying to keep. as can time and catch and how dangerous are things on the ground for currys extremely dangerous this is extremely dry and here the winds can be quite violent and they have fought behaviors very very volatile captain thank you so peter as you can imagine it's an incredibly tense situation incredibly dangerous for crews on the grou

jessica's joining me now live from batemans bay on the new south wales coast jessica you were just telling us there about this brief pause if you like this this rain that's come in allowing for that paul is what are the authorities able to do stay well rob during this brief period of a bit of a break for fire occurs who've been working tiles tirelessly through these heat wave conditions there is a bit of a moment now to try and establish these containment lines before the hate does once again set in we've spent the morning visiting 5 stations around this new south wales south coast area many of the crews feeling a sense of relief today at these cooler conditions crews a saying that there is this 72 hour window for them to try and get the situation under control they all feel is that a fire burning along this east coast region off new south wales and victoria could join up and for a mega blaze along those 2 states so of course authorities trying to get the situation under control before that does have a chance to happen before heat wave conditions set in later in the week you know we saw in

in the coastal town of batemans bay, firefighters are racing to protect those who have decided to stayd pamela zorbas decided they are not leaving their small town of sussex inlet. hopefully it is not going to be as bad as they are predicting but we have got the hoses ready and we just hose the house down if the embers come. and if the fires do hit hard, we've got a boat here. we're going tojump in the boat and we're going to get out to sea. i'lljust take the family and the dogs and away we go. jay martin is also staying put to defend his house and help friends and neighbours. he tells me the anticipation of disaster is what worries him. waiting. that's the hardest part. we've been at it for two weeks and it's just waiting. and there's people doing it a lot tougher than me. i've just been waiting and helping out, just getting through tomorrow and hope it all passes and we get a bit of rain on monday. a blaze has just started on the bush in this area, just beyond that tree line. firefighters are watching closely here. their concern is that, with the wind picking up, this could travel ve

astray and there's still likely to be weeks of devastation to come jessica washington al-jazeera batemans bay a stray. and small from the fires has made the sky in new zealand's turn and evie orange this was all going city where more than 2000 kilometers from sydney and it was shrouded in a haze in the early afternoon it was so dog that drivers were forced to turn on their lights forecasters called it an unprecedented puma's smoke and warned it could cost temperatures to drop as much as $5.00 degrees. and floodwaters now have receded in most parts of greater jakarta even as the indonesian government is counting on cloud seeding to divert rain away from the capital 60 people have been killed in the floods and hundreds or thousands have been displaced priyanka go terry thoughts. a torrent of mont sweeping through homes destroying roads bridges and farmlands ca these are indonesia's close floods in more than a decade. thousands of people are cut off from the outside world some still buried under heaps of mud help is arriving but it's too slow and there's not nearly enough for those who've lost e

astray and there's still likely to be weeks of devastation to come jessica washington al-jazeera batemans bay astray. some of the most beautiful artifacts of the ancient world are currently on display in london the treasures of the egyptian king but in kabul or on a 2 year world tour it's going to culminate in their prominent return to egypt at a brand new museum just in time for the centenary of their discovery jessica bolden went along to take a look. treasures from ancient egypt. for the afterlife. for the boy king tootin comic. dazzling ornaments made more than 3000 years ago by the world's best artisans. a mini coffin to hold the king's liver. intricately worked both inside and out. golden coverings for the pharaohs fingers and toes 150 items are on a world tour with stops in 10 cities. it's pure pop archaeology with music virtual reality hollywood lighting and it's a hit despite high prices nearly $50.00 at peak times the crowds never stop some of the profits are going back to egypt to help pay for the grand egyptian museum where these treasure earth will have a permanent home alongside

emergency level fires are burning across a 500—kilometre stretch spanning two australian states from batemans bayin victoria. the flames are being fanned by extremely hot and windy conditions. this footage from st georges basin in new south wales is typical of many images shared across social media of blood—red, smoke—filled skies. abc correspondent selby stewart is in nowra. i asked him about the major issues authorities are dealing with in relation to the bushfires. at the moment there is still more than 100 bushfires that are burning across new south wales and the majority of those are still uncontained. and this comes after one of the most devastating days we've had this bushfire season. at the moment, residents here are waking up, it's the morning here and they're discovering just how devastating the last 2a hours have been. we now know that at least 200 homes have been lost. just yesterday, which of course was new year's eve, meant to be a time for celebration, have been lost yesterday. we've now confirmed three people have died on the south coast of new south wales and there are others sti

authoritis a brief window for relief efforts and to take stock of the damage the coastal towns of batemans baycontrol aparque malek kuta ankle bargo ravaged on new year's eve. navy ships a military aircraft to deployed across new south wales and victoriaia. a assuring residento safety. many who have lost everything i can walk around a bit of the houses just gogot all that was the bedroom and- that was when my and takes away from the family history and- see. all this month by the memories from the kids and just everything is gone. more than a dozen emergency level flies have been to five hundred kilometer stretch across the two states. the immense devastation continues to grow in property loss and lives. and despite wednesday's response authorities of fearful for what still to come so at the very least with the conditions on saturday will be as bad as what they were yesterday. and that's why all about people on the ground thousands of them taking advantage of the modern conditions to make us as well prepared as possible the saturday when any of these five fronts can again excessive bite and cau

with slightly cooler temperatures and even light rain in some regions jessica washington is in batemans bay on australia's east coast. this was once a leafy beachside suburb fires ripped apart this community on the new south wales south coast destroying most houses. hundreds of bush fires are burning across parts of the country worsened by severe drought and intense heat but after weeks of bad news finally the much needed arrival of cooler temperatures and even a bit of rain quite call it's now again in the light twenty's and he's right he had some wind today thank goodness i don't think i've ever seen right for a while so that's helped the far situation and mentally it's still not out there what i want people to get complacent cruzan making the most of this brief window of cooler conditions to bring more fires under control but across many parts of australia fires are burning at emergency levels and this brief spell of rain isn't enough just soffits. before the heat inevitably returns thousands of volunteers firefighters are in the field protecting communities around affected states. you k

it's about 180 kilometres stretch from the town of batemans bay all the way down to the victorian stateder. so thousands of people are heeding that warning and there are many many reports of gridlock on the roads as people try to get out as soon as they can. and we are being told that the new south wales fire service wants people off the coast. we have been seeing images of people huddling, taking shelter on beaches. just how bad is a situation there? i don't think it's an exaggeration to say that australia feels like it's on a war footing. we have the military coming in. we have people huddling for safety on beaches, we have communities that remain isolated from the fires. we have towns on the coast got off because the roads are impossible. we have, as we say, devastation, the loss of life and property and the expectation is that this will not only get worse, potentially get worse over the weekend, but the next few weeks and months could be as dangerous as well. these are traditionally the warmest months of the year here in eastern australia, january and february already and december.

tourist leave zone" has been declared for a 180 kilometre stretch of the new south wales coast from batemans baynboyn . almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. phil mercer is in sydney. he's got the latest. we've seen pictures of the lines of cars as people try to get out. that's right, thousands of people are heeding the official warning to leave those parts of the new south wales south coast while they can. the authorities are extremely nervous about conditions forecast for saturday here in eastern australia. as you say, more hot, windy, dry conditions on their way and given what happened on the part of eastern australia, across the state of victoria and new south wales on new year's eve, you can understand why people are anxious to leave as quickly as they can. what is hampering the evacuation, lack of fuel and also in many areas, a lack of mobile phone and internet coverage as well. so it's pretty chaotic and parts down there. but many, chaotic and parts down there. but any chaotic and parts down there. but many, many people are leaving and heeding th

forecast for at least a few weeks that prospect is still very far away just to washington out 0 batemans bay a stray. in indonesia tens of thousands of people remain stranded in emergency shelters forced out of their homes by some of the worst floods and landslides in many years 53 people are so far confirmed dead and the total is expected to rise with rain forecast we're going to gauge reports. from the year the true extent of these floods and landslides can be seen these helicopter is on its way to the region of low back where dozens of people were buried and communities cut off. medical aid and food supplies are being flown out to the 10s of thousands of people who have lost their homes or simply can't get back to them. monsoon rains that started on new year's eve have unleashed the biggest splash floods in the region in a decade rescuers are finding more bodies and emergency shelters of filling up. in the capital jakarta this sports hall has been turned into a temporary home but it can only hold a few 100 people. at least 170000 across the city need shelter but i've got to get more. chil

in the coastal town of batemans bay, firefighters are racing to protect those who have decided to stayff and pamela zorbas decided they are not leaving their small town of sussex inlet. hopefully, it is not going to be as bad as they are predicting but we have got the hoses ready and we just hose the house down if the embers come. and if the fires do hit hard, we've got a boat here. we're going tojump in the boat and we are going to get out to see. ——we're going tojump in the boat and we are going to get out to sea. i'lljust take the family and the dogs and away we go. jay martin is also staying put to defend his house and help friends and neighbours. he tells me the anticipation of disaster is what worries him. waiting. that's the hardest part. we've been at it for two weeks and it's just waiting. and there's people who've got it a lot tougher than me. i've just been waiting and helping out, just getting through tomorrow and hope it all passes and we get a bit of rain on monday. a blaze has just started on the bush in this area, just beyond that tree line. firefighters are watching cl

bringing some relief but the blazes are likely to burn for months just to washington has more from batemans bay on the new south wales south coast this is a brief period of for a spot is expected to be around 72 hours of these cooler conditions with light winds and even a bit of rain unfortunately that rain is not enough to bring this crisis which has been going for months now it is not enough to bring this crisis to an end it's expected that australia won't get significant rain at least for another 4 to 6 weeks that that's the only thing that can really bring these this bushfire emergency to an end for now crews working to ensure that fires burning along the east coast there also was burning in new south wales and their fee is that those could burn with fires further south and victoria crews working to make sure that those fires don't join up and create a mega blaze that would go between 2 cities to liberia now where hundreds of people have gathered to protest against the government's handling of the economy it is the 3rd such protests and so former football star george waya took over as presi

forecast for at least a few weeks that prospect is still very far away just to washington out 0 batemans bay astray. now far the world's biggest tech companies are being sued by humans rights a human rights group on behalf of the families of children till they're injured while mining in democratic republic of congo this is apple google microsoft dell and tests are all accused of knowing that the cobalt metal used in their products could be linked to child labor support from out of metals. in the mining town of cool ways the dispersed and poor looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they are here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to survive. we are here because we are suffering we have nothing to eat therefore and mining companies won't give us jobs they are getting rich from. poor. illegal complaint t

astray and there's still likely to be weeks of devastation to come jessica washington al-jazeera batemans bay astray. and smoke from the australian fosse's made the sky as far away as new zealand turned an eerie orange as far as the city of oakland or than 2000 kilometers east of city trowed in a haze in the early afternoon it was so dark that drivers were forced to turn on their lights for cost as a calling it an unprecedented plume of smoke and warned it could cause temperatures to drop as much as 5 degrees. petrol bombs are thrown at a hong kong police station and dozens of people are arrested after a march near the chinese border thousands demonstrated peacefully and chong through district a demanding that mainland chinese traders leave the territory things turned violent when police tried to end the protest on congress had more than 6 months of anti-government demonstrations and result of those 1st 3 reports there's no end in sight. now this protest is all the nies by local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last no

help communities recover dedicating one point $4000000000.00 on monday jessica washington is in batemans bay on the new south wales coast she says the cost of the fires is mounting. this part of new south wales is usually so picturesque that it draws thousands of visitors every year but it has been completely transformed by this bushfire season crews have been battling heat wave conditions for days but after days of bad news there's finally a bit of good news cooler conditions and even some rain there's also some good news coming in from the federal government who've just pledged at least $1400000000.00 u.s. dollars to help communities just like this one with their bushfire recovery to die we agreed that we would support the national bush for recovery i can see by stablish i national bushfire recovery fund which will be administered by that agency led by mr culver the commonwealth is committing an additional an initial $2000000000.00 over the next 2 calendar year starting right now to support all of the efforts of recovery right across the country the bushfire relief fund will focus on roads