Sunrise host David Koch says Australia wouldn’t stand a chance if we were going to war given the “embarrassing” response to the flood disaster.
The Defence Minister on Tuesday came under fire from Channel 7’s Sunrise host David Koch, who questioned why “ordinary Australians” in Lismore were left to crowdfund for helicopters to drop off supplies to isolated residents while thousands of promised personnel were still not on the ground.
Koch asked whether Mr Dutton was “embarrassed” that ordinary Australians had been forced to plug gaps left by the lack of personnel in the worst-hit areas by delivering supplies themselves via private dinghies and wading through water to isolated neighbours. Mr Dutton said the ADF personnel on the ground had been “embedded” into the emergency services, SES personnel and council workers dealing with the floods.
Mr Dutton’s support of the ADF comes after Major-General David Thomae, who is in charge of the effort in Lismore, apologised to the people who “have felt like they hadn’t been supported”.
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