PM defends his response to NSW floods crisis, saying federal Coalition didn’t ‘get the memo about the new politics’
Anthony Albanese
, on Wednesday, Albanese defended his response, and the timing of his contact with the premier and ministers in Australia, explaining he had been in Ukraine under strict security controls that banned use of any electronic equipment. Albanese said that it appeared the opposition “did not get the memo about the new politics”, saying Australians wanted to see all sides of politics working together to achieve the best outcomes.
Perrottet said that while he had a “constructive” relationship with the former government, they did not always agree, and he had been happy with the level of engagement with the new federal government.“From my perspective, the federal government needs to balance international concerns and domestic concerns, but as soon as he could he picked up the phone to call me.”
He also thanked the new minister for emergency management, Murray Watt, for visiting, saying it helped to ensure that the disaster response was directly understood by the minister in charge. “My view is that it was important for Australia’s prime minister to be overseas at a number of events and meetings that he attended [and] I think it was very important for the foreign minister to be in the Pacific region, but now’s the time to be at home,” Andrews told ABC’s Radio National.
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