Fuel Voucher - $50

Resident stayed and defending providing water to the CFA saving his and other local's home. Water tank business financially impacted although registered with Shire to assist locally, contracts were outsourced to Melbourne contractors impacting his business, a large financial loss needing his son to go work for another company leaving the family business and resident needing to source work in NSW leaving his wife and two children returning home only for the weekends. Prior to the fires a successful local business as the farmers had the money to fund works to be completed, now needing to await free government programs impacting the farmers for months due to the delay these programs are implemented. Fuel vouchers will greatly benefit this family with the commute from NSW to Victoria occurring twice weekly.