Coalition allocates $600m for new ‘resilience’ agency to help combat threat of natural disasters

National agency will fund projects such as bushfire and cyclone-proofing houses and building levees to try and control floodsThe Morrison government will use next week’s budget to establish a national recovery and resilience agency and create a new climate service to help manage the risk of natural disasters.The government will allocate $600m to the agency to fund resilience projects such as bushfire and cyclone-proofing houses, building levees for flood control, and improving the resilience of telecommunications and essential supplies. Related: Head of NDIS grilled on ‘insulting’ disability assessment questions, including about sex Related: Scott Morrison lectured the states against snap border closures – now he's done exactly that | Katharine Murphy Continue reading...