Subtitles are supposed to help you make sense of what you're seeing but can't quite understand. Like a foreign language film. But if you saw the subtitles to Federal Parliament's final question time of 2019, the flow of text only made it more incomprehensible.The politicians talked about a great many things. But if you watched it on TV, the subtitles were about only one.
It's understandable that the bushfires weren't a feature of question time. Question time is customarily a clash over highly political differences, and neither party wanted to politicise fires. The fires are a national emergency. They are an invitation to national leadership. And, therefore, they are an opportunity for Morrison to look beyond the 30 to 40 per cent of voters who constitute his "base" to making common cause with the other 60 to 70 per cent of the community. Besides, even "quiet Australians" are increasingly anxious ones.
But then recognise that the weather and the larger climate systems appear to have entered a new phase, and new responses are required. Bring state premiers and local mayors together to consider the full range of problems and options with a view to beginning a comprehensive set of responses.From the most immediate needs of the exhausted firefighters and and the growing numbers of victims to the needs of the despairing food growers and the townships running dry.
On the first, there was overwhelming pressure on the government from its own side of politics over water. Abruptly, the Morrison government's Water Resources Minister, David Littleproud, announced a "snap" review of the water-sharing agreement.
41.44% believed in ScoMo’s promise. Just so happened that their land burned as a consequence/ coincidence. “Careful what you wished for.”
Meanwhile we are choking on the smoke from climate change induced bushfires. Morrison doesn’t breathe air apparently. How good is the pollution down the east coast?
His priority is not addressing climate change and keeping the coal lobby happy.
The lack of action and preparedness ( ie ignoring fire/fighting experts, cutting budgets, climate change denialism) will come back to haunt Morrison. SmoKo ‘s smug smile will disappear. People are getting angry.
The worst thing about this couldn't care less LNP attitudes is the majority of firies are volunteers.NOT Paid A CENT . And they don't have the up to date equipment to cope with huge fires,or the huge area. The need more than 7 water bombing aircraft to service the whole country.
Someone get ScottMorrisonMP a fiddle ScoMoNero
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This is the most pessimistic I’ve ever felt leading into Christmas
And that's why ScoMo is now being called SmoKo ! 😕
The Canberra bubble is as smokey as Sydney right now, courtesy of the Tallaganda State Forest fire. So if Morrison is sleeping in the Lodge tonight, it’s not going to be very comfortable, even with the air conditioner on. I doubt, however, that it will affect his views.
Opinion: so bash the PM to make yourself feel virtuous. What do you propose to do where is the alternative, instead of blaming others greens can put all their money together and make a company that produces clean energy and replaces coal companies provide a solution
Thoughts and prayers don’t put the damn fires out. auspol
Opinion..
JaneReid5 That’s a look of “I don’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks “😡
A better idea would be a boycott on putting out fires if they are going to effect a LNP Federal MP or State MPs. Watching their personnel treasures turn to ash would soon have them singing a different song.
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So long as he goes to a Sharks games and drinks a schooner hes doing a good job right?
Did he mention the cricket ?
He can stick his best wishes!
Real issues like farmers, water, fodder and fires the country has been brought down to its knees and people are dying and people are losing their homes, wild life being burnt to death but from ScottMorrisonMP nothing herd or lies 😡😡😡😡😡
Peter_Fox59 Honestly I can't take seeing any more of his pics I want to wipe that look of smugness off his ugly mug Anyone know how to switch images off please
What do you want he visited the people of the north coast and you hated him for going there. Now your not happy because he's not there.
This man is bland, cannot feel, look at this vacant look. We mean nothing to him.
Guys, we're about to have an economic depression/secular stagnation. And you just wanna blame everything on Scott Australians deserve to lose if this is how pussy we are.
You are embarrassing 🤬
Morrison more interested in re-organising the Public Service which will make it less efficient and more remote, than saying a word about the drought and bushfires. He’s a disgrace.
What does this picture say to me?-Smug Arrogant, Closed mind.
Smashing the Unions and Refugees!
Merry Christmas!!
Backburning is not done for sevral years in environmentaly *protected* areas around NSW and then climate change is flagged as the cause.. How dare you!!
ScottMorrisonMP is doing the equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and shouting 'la la la la la.' He's a disgrace, but then we already knew that. Pity media don't take the same approach.
The real priority for nearly 700 families is finding somewhere to live after their houses have burnt down (and who knows how many more are unliveable). Not much Christmas cheer for them, ScottMorrisonMP!
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As catastrophe engulfs us, what is our government doing? Union-bashing. Refugee-bashing. Labor-bashing. Decimating the public service.
BobBrace2 Hartcher still managed to get his tongue right up there in the anus of the L/NP sucking out the SHITE & pushing their authoritarian and evil legislation. Not critical of the worst government & worst PM Australia has ever seen.
Putting faith in Albo & his climate cultist cronies is betting on a 3 legged horse. 85% of fires are caused by individuals starting them & the fires are more intense due to the failures of poor land management. I will happily stand with Morrison any day of the week.
phbarratt 'closed the medevac 'back door' to asylum seekers' - makes me feel sick when I read this framing. What happened was that the government denied sick people medical care. Please don't do their propaganda for them
What is he supposed to be doing? Hanging around fire scenes making a nuisance of himself?
'Our biggest city is surrounded by fire...here's an app.'😬😳
He’s incredibly narrow and uncaring
Like her or not, at least Anna Bligh kept Qlders informed and reassured during the floods. Our PM, Premiers, and even GovGen, would do well to step up and follow Anna's example. Would it hurt them to address the nation and explain why the armed forces can't help or get involved.
It sounds as if you believe that in some magical way Scott should be able to stop the bushfires. I would prefer he talked long and hard about how allowing Green policies to dictate on environment has led to the extent of current fires and force States to introduce safety measures
Why don't they make a concerted effort to catch the people who lit these fires. They don't all start by themselves. One deliberately lit fire can spore hundreds of others. Arson is a terror attack.
A very good opinion piece.
We Australians are not one of Morrison's priorities... it's surplus or bust. It's give Dutton more scare power. It's lie and make secret deals to keep genuine refugees incarcerated and unprotected. But it CERTAINLY ISN'T US!
He's building the LNP up for their biggest defeat ever at the next election they will be banished to the political wilderness with a landslide swing against them poor bugga my country till then
Perhaps LNP are relishing the bushfire disaster as mother nature adds its own carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
Speaking of being christian & real priorities that don't involve Mr Morison, his religious freedom & his government, please donate to the gofundme page has been set up to buy *the volunteer* firefighter force food.
ScottMorrisonMP last night I Googled 'Scott Morrison press release bush fires'. Managed to dig up a press release where you give an appreciative nod to the fire-fighters and that's it. No national address outlining an action plan. No comforting words. Zilch. auspol2019 auspol
Priorities which are written on a scrap of paper somewhere with no policy or details. Just great ideas. LiarFromTheShire
His real priority is giving Scot Cam $345K for doing nothing.
Which are letting peoole starve and die?
HonTonyAbbott has anybody asked Tone what he now thinks he volunteers for the RFS ScottMorrisonMP volunteers as a fat mascot carrying cups to sports stars.
If only ScottMorrisonMP had a backbone...
Why don’t they have Morrison on Gruen? He could tell us all about marketing our Wide Burnt Land.
The Sydney Morning Herald can get fucked too
How's this... What a gutless prime minister auspol
Scummo sends his best wishes while Australia burns. Natural bush fires aside, Scummo has ignored the fire chiefs who wanted to advise him and has remained silent on the issue. What a fool he is.
While Rome burnt Nero fiddled
MickKime He needs to concede that he's been completely wrong and start on massive and urgent climate change adaptation. Time for a GreenNewDeal That way we get a positive payback unlike fossil fuel mining. The total costs of coal are greater than its benefits if they are not externalised
Fake Christian Morrison has no priorities, he has delusions
p_hannam That would be clinging to power?
AlboMP What a shame this story didn't come out a week or more ago! Tweeters have been calling this Govt and NSW Govt out about this for weeks. Only registered when Sydney affected! If PM Talks fire now -too late! Nth, Central, Sth Coasters remember this! No action by this Govt!
phbarratt one can only speculate what goes on behind those blank eyes
Rome is in flame but dumb Caesar Scott is blind n deaf His arrogance was on display at Pacific forum He flatly refused to say climate change is here we need to cut emission Is it ignorance or he is just a puppet of coal faction
Hopes and prayers are worth SFA
He can shove his best wishes where the sun don't shine, what good are they when he walks around with his eyes closed and is deaf to what is really happening to our country. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, I guess he is our Nero, overfed, over confident, vain and stupid.
Watch him change his tune when his precious shire burns...
phbarratt Quiet Australians get what they deserve....this pos lnpcorruption time to take to the streets....
“Quiet Australians” & “QUIET!!! Australians”. The Morrison government uses the same two-word motto, with alternate punctuations. 1st to describe the punters it likes/likes them back & the 2nd as a command to the rest of us.
Stop being a drain on our country SMH
So Labor would introduce a 'carbon tax' a 'diesel tax' an 'environmental tax', The fires would still burn and we would'nt be able to put food on the table...
phbarratt That photo, amongst many others , clearly says, how dare you interfere with MY priorities ? They are not yours, and I am in charge here. I will not listen to another soul.
We have a poverty of political leadership. It is unrealistic to think that “ScoMo“ and his BFFs will change radically because of a Christmas holiday. ”Thoughts and prayers” is what they offer our country. We all need to adapt to climate change without their help...despite them.
Hes getting rid of the lefty public servants who control national parks so hazard reductions can occur in the future
blairpalese We want a government that governs for all Australians. So many are ignored and diminished and unsupported by this LNP government - wake up and turn up ScottMorrisonMP AlboMP
What has the government achieved to date?!
Himself. He has a face that invites palmic (or fistic) correction. The smirk that saw Costello NEVER nominated for election, anointed by Howard. Looks SNEAKY, and a Pentecostal? Forget it. What has he done for Julian Assange, the 'holy' man?
how about cloud seeding
He's real priorities are persecuting refugees, attacking pensioners, selling our resources and protecting religious rights. He couldn't give a stuff about the rest of us let alone do anything about climate change. He's gonna get a PM's pension and that's all he can think about.
This mess is not the Governments fault but bureaucracy has not helped and neither has policy of any Government in power. All self motivated.
Drought devastating for farmers and also financial ruin for those who lose their homes to fire and exhausting for those who fight fires.
Brisbane covered in smoke again as of last night. Been going on now for over a month. Either smoke or dust. Can not fathom how farmers cope?
Peter Hartcher Hmm?
He doesn’t believe in climate change , he doesn’t believe in the arts . He believes in a minister that lies to further his own interest and he believes in the second coming of Christ . I believe this PM is out of his depth . His actions are putting us all in danger .
Ignorant?! 🤬
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