 On 29 December 2019, it announced that volunteer firefighters who have been called out for more than 10 days would be able to receive financial compensation.On 4 January 2020, it announced that it would lease four waterbombing planes including two long-range DC-10s and two medium-range for use by state and territory governments.On 5 January 2020, the Prime Minister announced the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency, funded initially with 2 billion, under the control of former Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Andrew Colvin.