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Training, resourcing fell short The report states, "If governments wish to rely on volunteer organisations to provide the wildlife response, they must resource these organisations appropriately and engage with them in a timely way". Across Australia there was no one government department or organisation coordinating the wildlife response and most participants reported that there was a limited government response. Most organisations stated that they receive less than 10 percent of their funding from government, and instead rely on donations and volunteers self-funding. [Extracted from the article] |