MPs angered, while Newcastle council calls for investigation of remaining $1 million in Newcastle region disaster relief fund

Ian Kirkwood
February 12 2020 - 5:30am
DETERMINED: Living with a range of health problems her various doctors say stem from the crush injuries she received in the 1989 earthquake, Jennifer Matthews says she cannot understand why the disaster fund board would not even ring her before rejecting her application, sent late last month after the board foreshadowed the imminent closure of the fund. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
DETERMINED: Living with a range of health problems her various doctors say stem from the crush injuries she received in the 1989 earthquake, Jennifer Matthews says she cannot understand why the disaster fund board would not even ring her before rejecting her application, sent late last month after the board foreshadowed the imminent closure of the fund. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

PART I

NEWCASTLE earthquake survivor Jennifer Matthews has been rejected for assistance from the Newcastle Region Natural Disaster Relief Fund without the fund directors talking to her about her situation.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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