Phone assistance for NSW Bushfire Inquiry and Bushfires Royal Commission

Hawkesbury City Council is required to cancel the community session that was planned for Tuesday, 24 March at the Hawkesbury Digital Domain at the Deerubbin Centre.

This is a precautionary measure for community members and Council staff due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

In place of the drop in face-to-face session, Council is providing a phone assistance service for

1. the NSW Government’s Bushfires Inquiry and

2. the Federal Government’s Bushfires Royal Commission.

Please call Council’s Customer Service on 4560 4444 for assistance.

NSW Bushfire Inquiry Submission are open until Friday, 27 March 2020.

NSW Inquiry submissions can be made at any time at

www.nsw.gov.au/improving-nsw/projects-and-initiatives/make-a-submission-to-the-bushfire-inquiryor by calling 13 77 88 or via email inquiries@bushfireinquiry.nsw.gov.au

or in person at any Service NSW service centre or at a Mobile Service Centre.

Royal Commission Submissions open until Friday, 3 April 2020.

Community members now have the chance to make submissions to the Federal Government’s Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements, also known as the Bushfires Royal Commission. Hawkesbury City Council is encouraging community members to make submissions.

Royal Commission submissions can be made at any time at https://naturaldisaster.royalcommission.gov.au/submissions

or call 1800 909 826 to make a Royal Commission submission over the phone or to request a hard copy form.

Council is also making hard copy submission forms for both the NSW Inquiry and the Federal Government’s Royal Commission available at various locations in the Hawkesbury including Council’s Administration Building, Hawkesbury Central Library Windsor, Richmond Branch Library and central locations in Colo, Bilpin, Kurrajong, Kurrajong Heights and St Albans. The forms are also available on Council’s website www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au