Mr Albanese has criticised the Government for leaving $4 billion untouched in the Emergency Response Fund.
The fund was created in the aftermath of last season's catastrophic bushfire season.
"Not a dollar has been spent. Not one," Mr Albanese says.
"This week I spoke to Zoey Salucci in Cobargo.
The Prime Minister should remember her. She was the young pregnant woman who had lost her home and asked for more help for the Rural Fire Service. She was reluctant to shake his hand.
Zoey's son Phoenix turned 6 months old this week, named after the Greek mythological bird that obtains new life by rising from the ashes.
When Phoenix was born, Zoey, her husband and their two year old daughter Uma, were still living in a van. She despairs that so many of her community are still living in temporary caravans on land that is yet to be cleared.
Yet the $4 billion funding announced remains untouched.
That's why the true test of this Budget isn't this week's headlines.
It's not the rhetoric or the promises.
It's whether money reaches the people who need it."
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