A former fire chief has declined to criticise Scott Morrison for going on holiday this week as bushfires continue to burn across the country.
when the bushfire season is over, expressing frustration at a lack of leadership from Australia’s politicians.“They are being told that now is not the time to talk about climate change, but I have dealt with hundreds of people who have suffered losses and I know they want to know why. It’s part of the healing process.”At his press conference, Mr Mullins said Australia’s fire services were well resourced, but climate change was making the problem impossible to deal with.
“So what we need to do is get people together. It should have been a national government doing this, but they’re not stepping up to the mark, so we will.”The group plans to hold its emergency summit around March. Mr Morrison will be invited to attend, as will Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese and Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
“The highly co-ordinated nature of how our state and territory jurisdictions work together during these bushfires has been an inspiration,” he said.
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