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Who makes the call about evacuation centres?

By Anne Keen
December 4 2019 - 12:00pm
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference in the Taree evacuation centre during the fire emergency. Photo Scott Calvin
Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference in the Taree evacuation centre during the fire emergency. Photo Scott Calvin

It's not MidCoast Council, the NSW Rural Fire Service or the Department of Communities and Justice. It's NSW Police who make the call about where and when to open an evacuation centre.

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