Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison found himself on Sunday again defending...
MELBOURNE - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison found himself on Sunday again defending his actions in response to the country’s unprecedented bushfires crisis that has killed 24 people and left thousands more homeless.
New South Wales state Rural Fire Services Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said he found out about the new agency through media reports on Saturday, creating confusion as he coordinated one of the most high-risk days in the crisis. Under Australia’s federation political system, state governments and fire services are responsible for managing bushfire threats, but Morrison said the unprecedented scale of the current crisis demanded a national response.
Parodies of the video were quickly doing the rounds on social media, where many people criticised the release of what they saw as a political advertisement as firefighters were facing one of their most dangerous days on the frontline.The miscommunication over the federal agency was the latest in a series of perceived gaffes by Morrison in response to the fires crisis. The Australian leader apologised for going on a family holiday to Hawaii last month and cut his trip short.
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