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Yesterday I read that about 70% of the entire population of Queensland, Australia has been affected by the recent floods and cyclone. Today in the Wall St. Journal that indicate that a new organization has been created to deal with the recovery process. This article is a bit brief, but I expect more details will be known in the coming days.
One more article from the Adelaide newspaper, Feb. 7. The issues surely do sound familiar – how to spend large amounts of money efficiently and effectively……
Recovery Diva 
The idea of imposing a flood recovery tax is an interesting one, but adding this level of accountability certainly demonstrates the seriousness of the government in Australia to try and do this right. Hopefully the government strikes the right balance between expediency and sustainability.