April 2023 Article Swipe
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· 2023
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.47389/38.2
· OA: W4367681883
In March 2022, northern New South Wales experienced the largest flooding yet recorded.Social media and TV footage showed confronting images of the extent of the loss and suffering of communities.1300MEDICS, a provider of medical services for public and private events in Australia, responded during the recovery stage.It volunteered a private mobile health response team similar to the public sector mobile health response teams described within disaster plans (NSW HEALTHPLAN, QHMCIPLAN, EMPLAN 2022).This was called Task Force Flood Assist. 1.The terms 'First Nations', 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples and 'Indigenous' are used interchangeably in this paper.The terms include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and we acknowledge their rich traditions and heterogenous cultures.
