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How might we make the government more effective in helping with the local businesses in the flooded area?

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Dejavu Mannum:

No help from the government (state/council)

Government didn’t control the water enough (the locks up east)

Retail didn’t benefit much from vouchers

Council rates are high but have not been used well to help the community

Business 1:
I can't say we got a lot of help. We have people of commonwealth came. But in fact the town got together to support each other was more helpful and effective.
Government offers financial help, but it was depended on if you have a close of business. If you have to close your shop you receive $20,000, and if it was lose of trade and you could prove your loss of earnings, that was $10,000.
The vouchers did help brought people in the town, but most people came for accommodation.
As future plans, the government made regulation on new builds. Other than that I am not really sure.

Business 2:
The government didn't help with my business. Because we are a new business and when the flood came our business was less than 12 months old. We didn't fit or meet any of the requirtiria for assistance.
The vouchers have been helping and one benefit we've had from that is we had orders from food campus. And that's part of the government initiative. We've been getting orders through the local government through the local visitor information centre so we've had some positive benefits through having those camps. So we've had some benefits. It was last week we were applying for a potential 10,000 grant and that we were eligible because we are new business.

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•Thousands of flooded properties on South Australia's River Murray have not registered for state government support.

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Age: 40

Location: Flooded area

Education: Educated to high school level

Job: Owns a business in the retail industry

Marital status: Married

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Getting more financial help from the government to rebuild business

Create activities in addition to vouchers to attract tourists to purchase goods from the business

Government plans ahead in order to prepare to face the floods if they happen again

Government to restore all damaged roads as soon as possible

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Get help from people in the town

Get help from the insurance company

Drive a long distance to get to the destinations

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Not able to get financial help from the government as a new business

Vouchers don't help retail business much

Damaged roads affect daily life

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Roads closed due to the need to repair flood damage

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Until now some of the damaged roads are still closed and not fully repaired.

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Don't need to worry about the start-up grant (can get from the government)

Easy to get employees

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Allows roads to be rebuilt more quickly

Providing jobs for the unemployed

Businesses have opportunities to get grants