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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is providing an update on the bushfires auspol

 

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What’s Hillsong doing in relation to the devastation?

Why is it necessary to have a deaf translator for all these press conferences, when closed captions are available to audiences?

He is trying his best to save his job, he doesn't Care. Look at the 2 Jokers beside him. Honestly I voted Liberal ?

I'm surprised no one attacked him when he went for his photo op. Anning got an egg to the head for much less.

My God another look at me Scomo Australians have finally woken up to what kind of man he is

Have they announced a climate change policy with that? DearYourMajesty

Scumo, you need to put a ban on logging until trees which provide food, shelter & breeding grounds for the profoundly affected wildlife have recovered so they can sustain Australia's wildlife. You need to step up & put $$$ into wildlife rescue groups & towards rejuvenating land!

Quiet Australians? No mate. We’re not gonna live in silence, We’re not gonna live in fear. IBlameTheIPA

Shouldn't he be sacked? We need a real leader.

Stop voting in lawyers, businessmen and career politicians and start electing scientist and engineers. Stop this short sighted 3 year election cycle. We need at least 5 years. And pay a PM for life so he doesn't need to fill his pockets with greasy money!!

Did you brief all of the necessary people first and in plenty of time before you told the world.

Good on Scott just keep on doing even with all the crap they put on him people putting crap on him ever since the election they can’t get over that he won it

Too little too late, ScoMo. Frak off.

Has he accidentally walked into one of them?

Imagine if the funding was done BEFORE the start of the KNOWN bushfire season vs in response to public backlash Time to scrap negative gearing handouts & redirect those handouts to bushfire victims? ScoMoResign Scomomustgo bushfires ScottFromMarketing novision auspol2020

This 'still' is a magnificent example of the PMs integrity. Spin mob still trying to decide on the caring line to take that won't look like a heap of shit.

All I can say is that he has a very good script writer

Morrison must have got a very BIG fright at Cobargo. He wouldn't act until his own position was threatened. Not because he cared about us. Because his future! Now wants glory for cleaning up the mess he helped create by refusing to act 'state issue'.

He’s abit late it shouldn’t been done months ago

thank you Mr Morrison

Accountability

DearYourMajesty

Just SHUT UP. WE CANT STAND THE SOUND OF YOUR SPIN ANY LONGER

Do ScottMorrisonMP minders show him all the hate he is receiving or is Twitter just a bubble of people who don’t exist and he doesn’t care what we have to say as people of this country we do not want you ! Stand down Scomomustgo ScoMoResign

Wow! Some action full of what we will do (not much really in terms of what will be desperately needed) and no mention of what we should have done

You are only focused on staying in government and everybody knows it

Question: why do we provide human translators for the deaf rather than subtitles?

Moronison putting his own hearts up

Scotty from marketing is trying hard to save himself. No substance and a fake prime minister

Can you help by just donating even if a dollar? It helps bring him home

More lies, more bullshit....... LNPdisgrace

Looks like his beige pants and blue shirt is at the dry cleaners.

This recent fashionable action to have a deaf interpreter live next to the broadcast is weird. What is wrong with subtitles on teletext? Most people with hearing difficulties don't know AUSLAN. Surely this is about looking good rather than being practical.

Why the deaf interpreter waving her arms about, very distracting.. If you can see her you can read the captions. Bit stupid I think. Typical government action.

Answer the questions! ScottMorrisonMP or step down.ScoMoResign

Hallelujah he’s got an interpreter!!!

Not worth listening. Millions of Australians live in fear of burning like we see and hear every day in all our states and one territory. But all we get is a state premier yet again calls a 7-day State Emergency. Surely 6 states and the ACT are National? DearYourMajesty

Please save us news from an ignoramus

RBJRON Just how much of that money will actually get through to people who need it? Notice Cobargo didn't get listed in the decimated towns. Will people on the NDIS still be fighting for wheelchairs & other equipment that's been withheld for so long?

Oh, look! The three blind mice are back from holidays! Enjoy the break?

Exercise a little more safety please

There's George W Bush[US] Trump[US] & Boris[Russia] 🙊🙉🙈💰💰💰

He'd know ... It's coal, coal, nothing to be afraid off!!!

Why doesn't he just jump in and burn.

This would makes sense to me if you actually cared🙄 You decide to show empathy only after being publicly criticised for your actions.... I mean where is your Environment minister in this press release ScottMorrisonMP! I would have thought their participation would be prudent 🤬

Is there a brick wall for me too bang my head into!!

More like providing an update on himself

Got any actual help to those who have had their houses, animals and property burnt yet.. or the masses evacuated who have no information on what's happening? Of course not. $2b over 2 years - - joking!

If our deep fryer was on, I’d dip my face in it, rather than listen to that marketing horse shit.

I don't listen to him anyway, I mute, if he's on to long I change channels

RBJRON Is this update another Liberals advertisement?

Reading some of the replies here thinking shit it must be hard keeping up being perfect 😧

They need to deploy fire drones to get to places they cannot reach on foot.

Smoky Liarmore Scrooge, best at putting his foot in his mouth, being forced to put his hand in his pocket! Poor bastard! Trying to give himself a last-minute makeover but not $M, $B or even a miracle can save the Pariah from the Shire! ScottyfromSelfMarketing AustraliaBurns

No credibility. Everything our PRime minister says, does, wears, enacts, plans [ 1 hour before ], & everywhere he stands are determined by its usefulness to him & his stooge govt in terms of branding, photo ops, spin & hype. Everything's political & reactive. Profits & prophets.

Wow. Finally starting to do his job. Better late than never I guess. I won't bother watching to the bit where he blames Labor.

ScottMorrisonMP must be an election coming up soon, the Australian people will remember, your rudeness, your uncaring attitude, your holiday, and whatever else you haven’t done as supposed leader of this great country NotMyPrimeMinister ScottyfromMarketing

Where from? education , health From nursing homes How will he pay for it Not by franking credits or negative gearing

But billshortenmp would’ve stopped the fires

More lies from this spineless charlatan. Hopefully no one falls for this.

I couldn't get passed the 'we will be there' ...precisely where? Hawaii, Bali and Europe you mean ScottyfromMarketing Resign.

I'd prefer to hear updates from the Firefighting Chiefs. I've had enough of this PM and his BS.

Sorry have to go sweep some leaves

what the fuck would he know

A great visual ScottyfromMarketing - three white men 'mansplaining' and a white woman interpreting

Good to see all the blue suits have been brought out for this.

Damage control

PM. R PRICES ON EVERYTHING GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE U HAD TO TAKE $ OUT OF UR PRECIOUS SURPLUS... I BLOODY HOPE NOT..

Why him? Another ad?

Look at Hindenburg leaning in...gotta be in the shot if you’re going to be in with a shot right?

$2 billion in funding announced for the reconstruction. I wonder how many houses, bridges and roads could have been saved with a $100m investment made 6 months ago in water bombers and assistance to CFA/RFS.

So a quarter of 1 year's franking credits to be spent over 2 years on Australias worst ever bush fire crisis... Good to see liberals priorities haven't changed despite people dying.... 🙄

This Is A Shocker

He’s finally discovered they are happening :)

No one cares

24 people killed by fires left to rise while he slurped down Pina Coladas in the Aloha Lounge. Is he even aware of the next crisis unfolding? People without power, communications, dwindling food and water. Some for a week already and some to be powerless for months to come.

...very proud of of PM ScoMo...when the going gets tough the tough get going...doing the country proud...

Ohh, look there’s 3 in a row, popping out of the woodwork auspost AustraliaFires

Suddenly PM has 2 billions to spend on his voters! People deserve help, but newstart people haven’t got a raise for decades, some are starving, some gets food on Foodbanks because ScottyfromSELFMarketing refused to help them. twoclasscitizens 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

I missed most of it. Was M_McCormackMP allowed to speak. And why JoshFrydenberg there instead of D_LittleproudMP ?

ScottMorrisonMP continues to fob off the need to change their CCA policies. Now hiding behind this Crisis management program. Can’t the AusGov multitask ? All these actions taken by the AusGov are reactionary, they were advised over a decade ago about these risks .

ScottFromMarketing haveing a go to save himself? auspol

Recap: 'The roof... the roof... the roof is on fire 🎶 The roof... the roof... the roof is on fire 🎵 The roof... the roof... the roof is on fire 🎶 We dont need no water let the muthafuckas burn... burn muthafuckas... BURN! 🎸🎶'

Why must he answer questions, with answers that have nothing to do with the question? Truly frustrating..

there was one question about climate change in that. fucking one. the goddamn press ghouls kept asking him about money. jfc.

Done a runner straight after the “no surplus” hint from Josh...love your work guys...”Day at the Races” still some of your best work! 👌

...leaves quickly before any questions were able to be asked🙄

No questions.......

He is trying to buy himself and the government out of the 💩.Too late,resign ScottyfromMarketing

ScottMorrisonMP continues to fob off the need to change their CCA policies. Now hiding behind this Crisis management program. Can’t the AusGov multitask ? All these action by the AusGov are reactionary, they were advised over a decade ago about these riskes .

thank you for your hard work PM!

So many lefties in the comments still pissy that Labor lost the unlosable election.

He needs to resign.

Who cares what that show pony has to say.

So that’s how much climate denial costs (probably per year). Add drought $8B and Queensland floods $2.5B, approx $12.5B. Would've been great if journos asked SM this before the election instead of ramming Shorten to give a cost to prevent it. AustraliaOnFire ClimateCrisis

Holy shit, he’s incomprehensible 😳

Just watch- funds will be distributed through a cashless welfare card, and his LNP mate will make money out of it. That's after you have to apply through Centrelink, and it will take 6 months for a decision to be made.

It would have been better to spend the surplus on prevention rather than dealing with the disaster. But yeah AustralianFires

Mark my words all this assistance offered or makebelief offered will come from some other deserving cause and someone will suffer - rest assured it won't be the holidaying Pollies

Get all the help that is offered ..worse is yet to come ...fires are a stone's throw from ignigniting brindabella ranges ...God help us if this happens cos the govt won't

SMOKO saves the day.

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤮🤮🤮

Don't cry Australia WewillRebuild whatever BushFires destroyed! Bcz We're a resilient Nation🇦🇺 AustraliaFires auspol

Whataloadofrubbish (yelling)

What a bunch of incongruous incompetents to be addressing us. The most intense concentration of climate change denying liars outside of a Newscorp office or a coal miner's board room. These are not representatives of the people. auspol

I wish he wouldn’t. I’d much rather see a face I trust and respect. For example, Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.

But, but, but last week he was saying responsibility for responding to the bush fire crisis was an issue for the States.. What's changed? Oh, that's right - he was humiliated into action.

why is the info all so 'we're so great and this is what we've done'?. It all sounds like a campaign.

I continue to be amazed at the supporting people providing accessibility to those that cannot hear. Translating a speech into sign language and doing it on the fly must be an acquired skill.

The three chimps turn up for a photo shoot when money is on the table. Where were the three of them when leadership needed to be on the table. Not one of these three men were there when it was needed and can’t be trusted in the future. They are just not good enough SackScomo

Scotty from marketing showing us he is in control.

Hey nice plug for the electorates of the LNP.. Because its the LNP handing out the cash remember,absolutely no credibility this lot..

How about Newstart and other payments being raised?

Ask him:- 1. why did he allow the country to be coated in chemtrails. 2. Why do politicians own water & why's he selling our water to the Chinese. RemoveMorrison

Has he resigned yet?

And this, what are you going to do?

His job is NOT to update fires, he neither has the knowledge nor the experience. Updates r given via Commissioners or firies, u know, the ppl on the front line. Yet another attempt by a tosser to make himself a leader wid the public.

Pleased to see Auslan translator at the media conference.

20 year drought that has reduced farm production and income, overseas can see our problem, the Murdoch press has their head in the sand along with this government. In bed with the coal lobby, took coal to parliament. endofcoal

Has to mention certain LNP electorates being affected? The $190,000 wasted on empathy training for narcissists... I'd like to thank the for their amazing coverage despite the massive budget cuts.

There is a pattern of big announcements of cash to be spent that never actually eventuates. Let's hope this is not from one of those unicorn money bank accounts.

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I would rather see somebody responsible provide the national update.

Go into the fire ravaged areas and tell the people face to face of your 'plans'.. you may need the defense force to get out tho .. 😕

Just thinking ahead. I think the government and opposition should encourage their ministers to holiday locally next Xmas Particularly in fire affected areas. Aussies should consider doing the same but our gov should lead by example.

Thanks for the funds - now step down nomoscomo ScottyfromMarketing

why?

Watch out for the exploding horse manure peeps

Liar, liar the country’s on fire!!

Nothing about the self combusting manure now that they've got 'organised arson' and ItsTheGreensFault to blame instead? AustraliaOnFire

Cue Curb your enthusiasm 🎶

Resignation speech?1

$2 billion over 2 years won’t go far

Thought and prays, not meeting the former fire chiefs, going to Perth with his family to miss the smoke in Sydney, going to Hawaii to miss the smoke. Funded one large plane that was too late to arrive and we needed 5. Did not understand the county is drier and hotter, failed.

Love the insane comment section hiss and squeal everytime Morrison talks. The derangement 😁

I might just wait till the ad comes out

There’s a break in the cricket.

Wow! There is the Deputy PM. Where has he been hiding all this time? Too late to save your reputation now ScottMorrisonMP you've shown your true colours and the people of Australia have not liked what they have seen.

ScottyfromMarketing — Pack your desk up. Maybe a job selling art door-to-door is more in line with your skill set.

Wow where have McCormick and Josh been .Hiding in their houses

Is there an adult in charge who can give us real update? AustralianFires AustraliaBurning AustraliaOnFire auspol scottymustgo ScottyfromMarketing ScottMorrison ScottMorrisonMP

Winning huuuuge with ScoMo!!!! So happy for him to be my PM!!!!! 6+ more years!!!! He is doing a fabulous job for us all!!!! Up Up Cronulla!!!!!

Thanks...I'll catch the ad when it comes out.

can't even look up when expressing condolences! ScottyFromMarketting until he starts talking about what his government has done and what he has done!

We don’t care .He is a serial liar .

Sadly so much whinging and complaining, no one is ever happy. Let’s band together so we get out of this crisis. The finger pointing and blaming has to stop.

Unless hes announcing resignation, we dont wanna hear any more of his BS

I thought he was leaving it to the experts ScottyFromMarketing is all noise

They are using this disaster to funnel money into the LNPQLD !!!! Beware . They are using this disaster to funnel money into the LNPQLD !!!! Beware They are using this disaster to funnel money into the LNPQLD !!!! Beware

ScottyFromMarketting reading information someone else wrote for him, that he knows nothing about. But ask him about Hawaiian holidays... AustralianBushfire

Oh hooray, he finally remembered the deaf community....

Great time to thin out under growth and prepare fire perimeters around homes and towns. 2 days before the next heat wave spike. SES have the chainsaw skills.

Why is he giving local updates. Huh? How’s that surplus looking. Has the defence minister been put on the bench? Josh. Were you overseas in the fire emergency? What role is the dept of home affairs playing. - -are we duplicating agencies in an emergency?

Booked another holiday to Hawaii?

Can he not, the crickets on!

Hey can you count the umber of lies and mistruths please.

Whay would anyone watch this? Lies and more lies. 0 credibility. Noxious god bothering vermin. His only interest is managing his brand and the LNP denialist credo.

I’d rather hear this from someone who cares

Waiting for the mention of Jenny

No doubt this will be subjected to TheirABC s usual editorial standards 🙄

A quick promo ScottyFromMarketting promo

Sorry but I can't believe a word that comes out of his mouth

More hot air

Those words of condolence could not sound any less sincere. Try offering your sympathies, but not sounding as if there's a sniper trained on you.

Heard enough of his lie's to last the year out. have remote & will flip channel

What overseas holiday have the other ministers snuck back from? ScottyFomMarketing

Oh that’s a shame, I thought he’s was going to call an election so we can kick he’s butt out!

Obviously auditioning for a new job as a newsreader with Sky News. auspol AustraliaOnFire

You should have added a trigger warning abc.... the hate is about to get thick

Aloha

Thanks, but I’ll wait for the LNP fundraising advertisement in about an hour.

Subtitles for Auslan interpreter please.

When is he resigning , taking his cabinet with him ?

Oh look...he found Elvis!

LIVE from HAWAII?

Scumo

Do we believe anything he says anymore!? ScottyfromMarketing TheLiarfromtheShire

Shouldn't he leave it to someone who knows what they are talking about?

I’d rather pull my finger nails out

All talk, no action!

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