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Nick Gibbs

UNCOVERED: Pm backflips on qld flood funding request | History Defined

Two days after the Commonwealth rejected the bulk of Queensland's proposed multimillion-dollar flood recovery package, Scott Morrison has had a change of heart.

The $741 million plan now appears likely to proceed, but the prime minister warned there were caveats to the federal government agreeing to split the cost.

"They want to play politics with this. I don't want to play politics with this, I just want to make sure people are getting the support that they need," Mr Morrison told Brisbane radio 4BC on Thursday.

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