Politicians in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have called for a tailor-made disaster funding system to deal with the flood crisis as current structures have failed to meet the expectations of the state’s flood-stricken communities. NSW Treasurer Matt Kean said the current structure for distributing relief funds had not functioned the way it should, and there were many instances of the federal government not delivering support to impacted communities. Kean’s remarks come after the federal government added the Tweed Shire, Ballina, Byron and Kyogle areas to the list of regions receiving extra funding on March 17. “The current framework for getting disaster relief money out the door obviously hasn’t worked in this instance,” the state treasurer said on March 17. “There are a number of areas where it’s been very successful, but we know some communities … have been left out of the existing framework,” he said. …