Shadow Minister for Natural Disaster and Emergency Management Murray Watt and Gilmore MP Fiona Phillips visited Broulee and Batemans Bay RFS and Club Malua on Friday.
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Ms Phillips said some people were only beginning to share their story now.
She hoped to gather an understanding from firefighters as to which issues still needed dealing with ahead of the summer.
She said Telstra planned to boost the number of cells on wheels - portable stations providing temporary phone network coverage.
"Communications is a big issue," she said.
She said Club Malua was a hub for its members.
"It's really important to see people bowling and having fun," Ms Phillips said.
Mr Watt, a Queensland senator, said he was keen to hear directly how the recovery process was going.
"We've heard from some people the recovery process is still a bit slow," Mr Watt said.
"We're keen to keep up pressure on federal, local, state governments to keep making sure that what's being promised is actually delivered."
Mr Watt said mental health support, particularly for children, had been slow to roll out, "so we need to make sure that's delivered".
"It deeply traumatised kids when they worried about whether they were going to live, whether their parents were going to live," he said.
"People still want to talk about where they were on the day or night that a fire happened and what it was like."
He said work was needed on local economic recovery in the shire, especially as a tourist region.
"There's a lot more work to do to make sure local businesses are supported as they get back up on their feet," he said.