This short training video is for community workers engaged in disaster recovery work in New South Wales. It outlines the role that the Disaster Response Legal Service (DRLS) plays and how community workers can assist by spotting their clients’ legal problems and referring these clients to the DRLS.

Produced by eegenda

Additional photos and footage courtesy of:
Australian Red Cross
Resilience NSW (now known as NSW Reconstruction Authority)
Rural Fire Service, NSW
Service NSW

Video attributions:

“Bells_Lne_of_Road_Bushfire_Damage_JAN2020”
Classy Melissa, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Bushfire_destroys_house” and “Yanderra_Bushfire”
Helitak430, CC BYSA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“Family_home_destroyed” and Home_&_Machinery_Shed_Destroyed”
Raginginsanity, CC BYSA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“House floating down the river”
Courtesy of@fergs_wander_oz

“Moto Doll – Jacinta through the Flood of 2021 NSW Australia”
Hannah Creations CC via YouTube

“Operation NSW FLOOD ASSIST – Navy & Air Force aid Macksville cleanup” Royal Australian Navy CC via YouTube

“Pitt Town flood scenes – Hawkesbury River floods 23/3/2021”
Councillor Nathan Zamprogno CC via TouTube