Fed: Rebuilding communities mammoth task: MP

AAP General News (Australia)
02-10-2009
Fed: Rebuilding communities mammoth task: MP

Victorian MP FRAN BAILEY says it'll be a mammoth task rebuilding communities destroyed
by the bushfires that have claimed 173 lives at last count.

But the federal MP whose electorate of McEwen has been devastated by the fires says
community spirit will see the job through.

Ms BAILEY's told ABC TV places like Kinglake and Marysville northeast of Melbourne
have no power .. no water .. no communications.

She says the towns should be rebuilt despite being in heavily-wooded and inaccessible areas.

She says for 99.9 per cent of the time it's perfectly safe and it's a beautiful environment.

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KEYWORD: BUSHFIRES VIC BAILEY (CANBERRA)

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