Bushfire royal commission: disaster payment scheme to be reviewed

Katie Burgess
Updated June 4 2020 - 7:58am, first published 12:00am
Firefighters work to put out fires at the edge of the NSW North Black Range bushfire. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Firefighters work to put out fires at the edge of the NSW North Black Range bushfire. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

A scheme which provided disaster payments to bushfire-affected communities is set to be reviewed, amid concerns people are being unfairly excluded because of their postcode.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter

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