Victoria Premier Films Self-Rescue While Fire Starves for Attention
KEY POINTS
- ā¢Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan evacuated Bendigo due to bushfires on January 12, 2026, returning later to film her still-standing home.
- ā¢She highlighted the devastation near Mount Alexander and Harcourt, where local families face significant rebuilding efforts.
- ā¢Emergency assistance of up to $52,250 is available to uninsured households to help re-establish their homes.
In a blaze of irony worthy of a Hollywood script, Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan returns to her Bendigo home, which is suspiciously still standing, while Mount Alexander smolders just beyond the ridge. On January 12, 2026, Jacinta shared her backyard drama via social mediaāfire lurks ominously, kids went to kinder in Harcourt, and sheās clutching community heartbreak and relief center selfies like Oscar nominations. Meanwhile, up to $52,250 is apparently the emergency magic number offered to uninsured homeowners to rebuild, assuming you donāt also lose your cell signal or sanity lurking behind the ashes. Firefighters, control centers, and relief crews get secret cameos as Victoriaās unsung heroes amidst the disaster soap opera.
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Nothing screams leadership like posting shaky home videos while your backyard audition for Apocalypse: Victoria Edition quietly burns on the other side of town.
Meanwhile, the fire is doing a better job clearing brush than any government grant ever did, and somehow the premierās phone survived the inferno.
Officials offer $52k for home rebuilds after fires but no cash for new phones to film your heroic backyard eye candy.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 1/12/2026 | Author: Nick Visser
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