Bushfires Assistance a ‘Postcode Lottery’

Bushfires Assistance a ‘Postcode Lottery’
A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia, on Jan. 5, 2020. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy
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Differences in the help available to bushfire victims has created frustration and tension between cross-border communities, the royal commission has been told.

People who live on the NSW/Victorian border are angry they have missed out on assistance because of their postal address, Victoria’s Towong Shire Council told the bushfires royal commission.