|FULL MEDIA CONFERENCE: Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has called on the United States to lift its travel warnings for Australia. The United States advised its citizens to exercise 'increased caution' when travelling to Australia amid the ongoing bushfire crisis, placing the nation in the same risk category as Papua New Guinea.
Mr Albanese said the warning was not necessary and would only serve as a further economic blow to fire-affected businesses and communities. The Opposition leader called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to address the issue with the US. “The Australian government should contact our counterparts in the US and ask for a revision of those assessments because quite frankly they are inaccurate,” he said. “Australia is still open for business.
AlboMP This bloke will only get into Government when 51% of Australians vote for him, so why listen too him when Labor only holds 25% of the Aussie vote.
AlboMP Nuts!-Go and volunteer to fight fires!
AlboMP Better to say, Any tourist who comes to Australia should swim between the flags, ask where you can swim do not swim alone ask for travel information regarding fires but , we need you to visit us.
AlboMP Oh really and yet he made so much noise about what a disaster the situation was and that the whole of Australia was on fire. What a hypocrite!
AlboMP That was the best media briefing I have seen from Mr Albanese Prime Ministerial.Who was the reporter though.I have never heard such aggressive questions directed towards MorrisonPM auspol
AlboMP I am confused. When did this man become Prime Minister... I actually thought he was opposition Leader...am I missing something
virgotweet AlboMP Bloody good thing we have an alternative government doing the heavy lifting.
AlboMP Has this bloke got a memory span of 12 minutes? Hasn't he been screaming that Australia is burning and it's not going to be business as usual?
AlboMP I said this weeks ago on my tweet and got attacked by every idiot that believes fake news
AlboMP America is a disgrace. ....
AlboMP Calling all Yankee adventure seekers. Come on over if you want to experience the incredible Aussie spirit. Why start listening to Trump now. Lol.
AlboMP I agree l, Australia is huge. Most parts are not affected. Ignorant warning by the US. Albo is doing the job of the PM. Well done 👍🏼
AlboMP I'm surprised we haven't got travel warnings to USA it's more dangerous to live there than here, Murdoch fake news has caused this hysteria. Thanks AlboMP for your constant support
AlboMP All I seem to hear from some of these commentators is stupid questions that any person of reasonable intelligence could answer!! Or they’re starting the obvious, waste of time watching!
AlboMP As much as it is disappointing to see the US put in place the travel warning it has, one ponders if they would have done so if certain politicians, climate alarmists & the media hadn't created such hysteria by making it look like the whole coast of Australia was burning.
AlboMP Ha. Ole Albo seems to be telling a few people what to do lately. Take a nap mate, no-one is listening. In fact Shorty has gone quiet...worry about that.
AlboMP Thanks for showing leadership during these BushfireCrisis you are a PM in the making. As for the current PM ScottFromMarketing he has demonstrated his extreme lack of leadership he had given us ample proof by his actions.
AlboMP Dear Mr Albanese, can you please urge the leftist anti-Australia media to stop propagating their ideological agendas that are tarnishing our country’s image and giving other nations a depiction that our entire Country is on fire when in fact most fires are under control.
AlboMP Add the impact on our tourist industry to the ever growing cost to all Australians of irresponsible government inaction on climate change
AlboMP Can’t expect much when the morons of ABC America say that the entire Australia is on fire, even our centre
AlboMP But he has been leading the fear campaign
AlboMP It was the alarmists that posted RED pictures of Australia when there was no fire there that caused this. I know that because I am in the middle of a so called red section and there’s no fires here.
AlboMP Just another reason why Liebor remains in opposition
AlboMP Cairns and Uluru are not affected by fire, they are both amazing places - it’s still worth the journey travellers.
AlboMP It is not safe for those wanting to travel around countryside who on roads and in parks could be hit by falling trees. Need to let authorities do their work first - safety first.
AlboMP I've had 3 clients cancel jobs because thry didn't want to come to Sydney ' because its not safw ' 😣
AlboMP Its still in crisis too.
AlboMP Exercise increased caution in Australia due to natural disaster/bushfires. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Exercise increased caution: The current bushfire season is one of the worst in Australia’s recorded history.
GailCoastie AlboMP So thanks for giving me the presser sky but ask some intelligent questions instead of trying to force an answer to an innane question 7 times. Why not ask Morrison what you've asked albo, he is after all the pm. Hold him to account for his inaction. Come on
AlboMP Who are you albenese did someone rattle your chain?
AlboMP Albo, please, just announce a coherent, effective emissions reduction policy. Don't muck about with this. The nation is screaming for it.
AlboMP Stop trying to run the Government's lines for them. You think the US State Department didn't look at the facts before they made that advisory? The situation here is quite dire, maybe focus on drawing attention to what led us to this point!
AlboMP Good to see Mr Albanese behaving constructively like a leader should and not putting his foot in his mouth constantly.
AlboMP This bloke doesn’t know when to shut up, the last thing Australia needs is people scaring off tourists