Australia’s bushfires aftermath: Cobargo and the long road to recovery | Four Corners
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2020
- During the dark and suffocating days of our black summer, fires tore through vast parts of Australia.
Six months on, despite the promise of government assistance and the millions raised and in donations, some are still living without power or water.
In the southeast of NSW, communities like Cobargo saw their houses, farms and even the main street go up in flames.
With billions of dollars pledged and donated, why are people still struggling?
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These people make me bloody proud to be an Aussie
This is one of the best 4 Corners episodes I've ever seen. Terrific work
yes, up there with "the moonlight state" . policitical corruption is totally off the charts now. and it's every state not just queensland.
The only good I seen in this show, was that given from their neighbors.
Loud voices condemned responses to Scott Morrison that day but Danielles words to him represented a lot of peoples views that needed to be expressed. Forcing a hand shake and turning a back is enough to show you are not there to help when things are tough
well said, she has nothing for which to apologise.
what the hell is going on! these Australians deserve better! shame on our government for forgetting these hard working aussies.....disgusting.
It’s ok when there taxing there living shit out of us on absolutely everything.
This is so heartbreaking. . . I have nothing else.
The homes. The animals. The lives.
Heartbreaking.
Very good reporting
Award winning episode. Well done Stephanie March and the crew involved 🙏🏻 Cobargo you are in my thoughts.
I thought the same thing...Scott Morrison did the wrong thing, repeatedly, he did shun the lady who tried to talk with him. He had no idea...at all. The ball is in your court Scott...STILL
Can’t believe they’re still waiting 😥😥
UN Lima Declaration 1975. that's why they burnt half the country and then rolled us into locktown.
That was sad to watch. Where did all that fundraising money go to??
Exactly.
@@ryanchapman1221 and 8 months since my comment, nothing much has improved. Sad :(
That's what we want to know here also, they are trying to destroy us all.
Gov kept it, dad is convinced that the facebook woman who raised $75 million "did it the wrong way" so no one was able to get the money but that doesn't make sense. I've heard some people claim that the salvos got it, or the SES.. but if you ask me... the Gov took it and kept it.
@@Reddzion wouldn't be surprised at all :(
Having Grown up in Cobargo this breaks my heart 😪 but I’m proud of being part of a community like cobargo for the last decade
19:00 REALLY shows you what kind of person he really is, like, he looked like someone annoyed being forced to come back to work from a holiday and then shows up to a sleepy town badly affected by the fires with absolutely NOTHING.
Like dude, if I was in your position I'd be hitting up every Woolies/Coles ringing whatever supplier and buying all their water along the way. Heck even organising water trucks? Pay for it OUT OF POCKET TOO. Like that still wouldn't have gone over well some would have missed out but I would have at least felt like I can make SOMEONE'S day a little better.
....................It's worst when you look up how much a prime Minister is paid and Scumo is one of the most paid world leaders atm.
They penalize those that try to help, is that another burden the "Homeburnts" should have feel.
me as a german have tears in my eyes to see all these devastation, desperate men, dead landscape and no more animals. get well soon, mates
Take my hat of to the people of Cobargo. Strength and courage to you. You are amazing in the way that you are standing together and helping one another. 👍🏻🖐🏻😃
We had earthquakes here in Christchurch New Zealand in 2011- my property is still not finished and cost me a mortgage of nearly $600 a week. Insurance didn’t pay for what was needed and the battles I have fought are ongoing. I have sprained both knees falling down the mudhill entrance to my house and temp steps which have been there 4 years. Today its finally being fixed by a church group and they are amazing- thanks habitat for humanity because it would have never been fixed without their kindness. Its appalling what people endure in the aftermath of such events and the time it takes is unbelievable. To have to fight for basic human rights is not ok. When this place is finished i will be doing some advocacy around what basic human rights like the right to dignity mean. The utter bullying I endured from those whose homes were finished is the mist soul destroying and the vultures who hoped to get a bargain if I lost my home because of the cost- well I survived :) it was sheer utter hell but ten years on - i have a home I have fibromyalgia now from stress and cold- this experience I wouldn’t wish upon anyone. I wish all these people well and hope they can get their lives back as soon as possible. I feel your pain- it will get better eventually:)
chrisalis, your story should be highlighted by 4 Corners too.
the country is a shambles , but let's commit $270 billion to military spending. wouldn't it be nice to have caring leadership right about now!
We don't build submarines or long range missiles in Australia so I don't see how that proposed money is coming back in?
the figure is coded 27, all the figures are especially covid stats. 666 13 33 77 19 191 all day long day after day after day . chistopher pynne gifted raytheon corp a similar amount of payola, uncontested not too long ago. the chinese are already here man. the pyramid on the roof of parliament house aint just there for decoration. australia is a foreign private company registered on US exchange same as the ATO. outside of the law.
@Derek Charette rubbish.
Like here in New Zealand?
@Derek Charette why are you even watching this
All that money Australians donated should have gone to the people we were told it would go to, we were lied to. It’s too hard to navigate and fill out all the online forms necessary to get any money from the government. I’ll never donate to an organization again. Better to give to people directly.
Exactly my thoughts. The charities took the money and run. That is exactly why I do not donate to charities. When my house was flooded in a flood, everyone who were not affected run and got help and stuff, even though they were not affected by the flood, and were not supposed to get that help at all. But my family had to clean and try to salvage whatever was salvageable and protect it so mold would not attack it with the speed of light. So we didn't get any help, because we didn't get to it on time. By the time we were able to reach for help, all the supplies were mostly gone. Ridiculous.
@@babycakes8434 so sorry to hear about that.
Same here in America, those donations are used by our city's to disgrace us more and keep us down.
Soi sad to see the aftermath. I was reduced to tears driving along the East coast and visiting East Coast villages.
What a sad sad video but what resilient group of people
Imagine living in ruins during a pandemic...
Plandemic
I think the people of Cobargo had every right to yell at the PM. Scomo and the liberal government minimally deserved to be yelled at!
The handling by the government of the fire relief fund has been utterly disgraceful. Basically from what I have seen anyone and everyone got a 2-3k handout.
Sending our love from our community in Latrobe Valley, Victoria
great documentary
Amazing. I lived in Cobargo back in 1979. One horse town, but beautiful. Inland from the South Coast, gum forests, magical landscape. So tragic it burned down! I remember smoking a joint, then walking down to the pub, only to sit down next to the constable. It was an awkward moment, that turned into being accepted in the community. Wish I stayed long enough to put down roots
3:30 ... W...T...F Australia.... w...t...f...
3:56 couldn't you set up a temporary overground reticulation system ?
Southern California area, in October 2003, huge fires. People organized various staging areas for people to bring their horses, other animals. My husband and I helped haul horses, and it was frightening to see fire on both sides of the road. After fire died down, we helped return horses to their owners. Guess what CA did? After 2003, if anyone wanted to help evacuate animals, livestock, they had to have a license to do so. Had to pay a fee, attend classes and workshops, then present license to officials to be allowed into an area to help evacuate livestock/animals. People used to just help each other, but then here comes the government to put their finger in the pie and take advantage!!
21:09 Her reaction and outrage was completely understandable and justified.
My prayers for all of you... there's always hope 🙏
Whether they were insured or not. That’s what ALL the donations were for. To help all these people.
Did you guys have any homeless and or low income families put out by the fires ?
They moved all of ours into temp trailers and hotels, now they are kicking them all out with new regulations on overnight camping.
It is sad for our people, community's and our country's, how are we all to strive and grow together when our government injects so much hate ?
I wish our country had the heart for its people as yours appears to. We have to beg and fill out endless applications to receive any help and it's still not guaranteed, even though the money is given by our government and donations.
Many of us spent hours days and months on our phones and computers getting the word out for help from around the world and country, we watched as millions of donations poured in by loving and caring people just to be told there is none available.
I love how you still have enough love in your country, to share that love unconditionally with each other.
Thanks!!
Great report
This is so terribly sad, those kind people helping are angels. I hope it's okay if I ask, why isn't Red Cross helping them more? They got a huge amount of donations to help people effected by the fires
Politics and greed happened. It was the same in Katrina, 2005 Hurricane that hit New Orleans U.S.A. and destroyed the levees. It became a political battle between the federal, state, and city government on who got help or how.
Great to see a follow up to the fires, once it isn't sexy anymore, that's it usually, well done ABC, thank you.
Recovery is not a reasonable goal post , adaptation and mitigation are the only options.
If you are gonna live in the middle of a forest...
You are wrong.... they said the same thing about New Orleans
Its just so frustrating watch the locals sent in circles with paperwork and red tape.
Work ya sh#* out gov.
How can we help? I live in California. I realize it's now end Jan 2021, however I'd imagine they still need help.
4:40 reminds me of chch just after the earth quakes ...
1:49 AH! ze germans haf coom
We were not allowed to even salvage and or sell our metal, it all goes to the city they get everything.
Great to see the woman who's hair turned green back doing something so useful after her brain surgery! Well done her!
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You hard winter?
You didn't define what kind of publicity they would get, you just spoke the truth. We have no one to hear our story, you have media that at least gets your truth out there.
All that money that was donated, it’s still sitting in the banks of all the charity’s, making the money. They make every excuse in the book so they don’t pay these desperate people. I will never donate to any of the big charities again. Local charities only. And I hope other people do the same. Bet the people at the top running these charities are still getting their big fat wages.
Its just unbelievable to me that the area has been completely abandoned still. All that money donated. Being evacuated and camping in bega thru this crisis , going days without a shower the smoke so acid in ur eyes n throat. These locals living like this still.
What happened to oz
I ran into Zoe at the Narooma Woolies. She is a really nice person.
pray, pray, pray
Cobargo was in a bushfire last year
2:03 not really ... bulldoze the site then rebuild with less flammable materials ... more brick and stone less ... fire wood .. more fire sprinklers .. both inside and out side the house..., larger and deeper water mains maybe encircle small towns with a moat .. i mean hell you have the crocos for it anyways so that saves on the quarantines fees and air freight :) in theory anyways .. its the politics of it that are tricky ... because you know .. money ...
You've never lived in an area with little water access huh?
@@samanthahughes5590 well first of the comment wasn't entirely serious .. with crocs and all second no i dont live in such an area but third you can always access more water .. its just entirely dependent on how much you as a society are willing to pay for it aqueducts are not new tech neither are canals covered or not yes Australia is but but we have dug big canals before see Suez and panama .. and there's not really a fundamental limit on how long you can make them .. you just have to make sure they are below sea level ... that said we also have pipes .. like so those oil and natural gas pipelines that run 1000s of kms across the world ... again its not like we dont know how to do these things it's weather or not you as a nation are willing to expend those sort of resources in this way ... idk maybe instead of buy another submarine you dont need you take that money and reinforce your water infrastructure or maybe pay for it with a tax on coal mines since they are partly responsible for this mess to begin with ... or maybe take the money thats currently going to subsidies those mining interest its al about what we choose to care about really
What about the ppl in VICTORIA they have 2 deal with this drama plus COVID 19! WOW CRAZY!
36:45 a real man; a non-fake man
as we know nothing goes to no one , were has all the money gone to help these people
All going well until Murphy's apology to Morrison, she has nothing to apologise for.She gave him the job to lead by electing him so lead.
The government puts it in there pocket...same thing here in the state
These are the people that should be starring in Mad Max. They lived it poor things. Put them in the film. It'll be an epic block buster!! They need the help too.
Danielle's words that day will always stay with me, she was a powerful voice and Australia needed to listen. Morrison was a servant of the public and his job, that he was elected to do, is to hear the voices of the people regardless of how confronting it was. We all have a right to ask these government electives tough questions regardless of who they are. They work for us not the other way round.
Danielle changed Australia, her words will remain a part of history. 🫶
VÍVA AUSTRÁLIA DEUS ABENÇOE VOCÊ E TODOS AUSTRALÍÁNOS 😚😃👍🇧🇷
I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU SAID BUT I AGREE :)
@@firefox5926 He was being nice and said 'long live Australia and god bless you and all Australians'
its time for people to stand up and make there vote count at the next election!!
Hopefully the smoke travels in the way of those on their pedestals, if they don't know how we suffer they can't help us.
SKIPPY THE BUSH KANGAROO : LIVING WITHOUT WATER AND SUCH 👍
JUST MAKE A ROAD FOR EASE OF TRANSPORT AND A FARM ALONG THE WHOLE MILEAGE OF ROAD - FRUIT ROWS, VEGETABLE PLOTS - COOPS THE LOT - RUN A WATER SPRAYER AT NIGHT - SIMPLE EASY EFFECTIVE : DRINK 🍺🍻🍺 DRINK
the australian government has got to go
Why did this come out after the by-election?
FEMA left us to go help the poor abused and abandoned kids left all alone at our border. And red cross sold out to our city around Christmas.
Mogo got hit way harder then Cobargo
Nerrigundah, forgotten completely and was wiped almost completely out
Yeah it horrible . But if you live in the middle of the bush surrounded by gum trees you are destined to be burnt out. Live by the sword die by the sword.
Cheeky German, when the alies bombed Germany ? DID WE SON SHINE !
I wonder why you don't allow comments under your manipulative material about Poland "A new crusade"? Not to be challenged?
This goes deeper. Those with money. want to buy the people from the country out.
judy marshall Oof that rings true somehow, very dark
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Were they too poor to buy insurance or was it not available in that area?
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That is what happens to Land theives, fires destroys them.
Most of the victims of the fires are inocent
No fires destroy EVERYONE in it's path; land thieves or not. You could be the kindest person in the world and the fires would not care. Got nothing to do with stealing land or not stealing land. Fires (and earth quakes, tsunami's etc.) happen, and mother nature doesn't care about morality. It'd be like saying "earth quakes are what happens to the immoral, dolphin killing Japanese". Total BS, mother nature doesn't care about our morality. You could pray a billion times a day but if you're in the area of a bush fire, tsunami, earthquake or whatever (any natural disaster) the earth will still burn you, crush you or drown you, swallow you whole or whatever. It's a bit silly to think we actually matter that much. We don't matter, our morality doesn't matter. You could be the nicest person but when it's time to go (I mean die), being a nice, good person won't matter one bit to mother nature.
Yahweh is sending the Yellow male Goats a message, Though shall not steal Land.
"in Winter, the temperature can drop below 0" daamn 🇩🇰 Wear a jacket
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you think they don't wear jackets?? nasty person
Why are you watching this? Yeah 0 is nothing in Denmark where everywhere is nicely heated. When you only have a caravan in the middle of the bush you'd be wanting more than just a jacket
u@@Albot940 They mentioned in this show, that one of the couples had a place in Sydney, but were ''forced'' to return to feed the animals. How about sell either of those places and commit to one.. Dont know the exact details but.
Also ur prime minister seems clueless.. Good at making business, but sucks at working with humans
@@JacobafJelling wow thanks for that groundbreaking revelation, never would have realised our PM was shit otherwise.
Okay 1 couple has a house in the city, what about the thousands of others?
I can't see the woman with the green hair is a conservative voter, like all the others venting there vulgar language at Scomo.
so what does that matter? he was straight off the plane from Hawaii, it was a disgrace!
What a simple minded statement to make. You just devalued that ladies anger with "ofc she is pissed, she doesn't vote Liberal".
Who cares? She's worked damn hard to help her community, she's a champ
So? Looks like she's done more to help than Scomo
Darling, I've got to say this to you mate. You , my dear , are as thick as a fkn Plank, really fkn thick.