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Tracey Ferrier

Fed govt invests in new deployable disaster shelters

A national stockpile of mobile emergency shelters will help communities hit by natural disasters. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

The federal government is investing in a stockpile of emergency shelters that can be deployed around the country when disaster strikes.

Emergency managers detailed the new national asset during a briefing on Friday about the severe weather that's looming for Australia, as hot, dry conditions return and increase the risk of bushfires and heatwaves.

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