In far west New South Wales the community of Broken Hill and its surrounds is currently relying on back-up generators after a storm destroyed power infrastructure that powered the entire region.
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00:00Premier Chrismans was in Broken Hill today where he announced a financial package.
00:06That package is worth $4 million, $1.5 million of which TransGrid has given.
00:11What that breaks down to is $400 per small to medium business owner and $200 per electricity
00:18account holder.
00:19He said that this was the first round and there would be more to come, but here is a
00:23bit of what he had to say.
00:25Clearly there's some lessons to be learned when it comes to government communication.
00:29So as soon as we possibly can, we'll get a shop front probably at Service NSW and ensure
00:35that government departments are centrally located along with electricity utilities so
00:40that individuals, if they've got a concern, can go to that shop, get the latest information
00:44and any help that they need, whether it's accessing this payment, support payments for
00:49local businesses or just the best estimate about when power supply will be returned to
00:54the local community.
00:55The Premier, however, didn't have answers when it came to the mines of Broken Hill.
00:59He said that he would endeavour to have answers as soon as possible.
01:03The mines haven't been able to operate since the power first cut out and that's meant a
01:07lot of miners have had to use their annual leave, take leave without pay or even take
01:12their long service leave.
01:14So there are a lot of questions that have still been left unanswered.
01:18The Premier is due back in Broken Hill on the 7th and 8th of November with the entire
01:22cabinet and we're hoping we'll have answers before then.
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