Wednesday, 20 March 2019

 Ms CRUGNALE (Bass) (09:52): BlazeAid, a volunteer organisation, helps communities rebuild after natural disasters. They have set up camp in Bunyip and have been out to 23 properties already this week, and they will be there for the next three to four months putting up over 600 kilometres of fences. A remarkable number of 250 volunteers have registered, with 60 on the ground each day, coming from Yarrawonga, the Western District, southern New South Wales, and locally, of course. One hundred and fifty properties have registered for the fencing, and a satellite camp will be set up in Yinnar as they have around 111 kilometres of fencing to do there. BlazeAid is a donation-based organisation, and anyone wanting to donate or volunteer should go to their website for more information. I want to thank the coordinators, John and Sue Anderson, and everyone involved.