She repeated Saturday's announcement that defence would be opening bases from Brisbane to Adelaide to help bushfire-affected Australians.
Senator Reynolds said states and territories still got the ultimate call on where and when defence assets were deployed.Read more "We are being as forward leaning as possible to make sure that we have the maximum of resources available when the states asked for it."The defence deployment also included the compulsory call out of up to 3000 defence reservists to help with bushfire efforts.
Senator Reynolds defended the prime minister's handling of Saturday's announcement, with NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons saying on Sunday he only became aware of the roll out through media reports.She told reporters in Canberra Prime Minister Scott Morrison had told the leaders of bushfire-affected states before the announcement.Mr Fitzsimmons said the prime minister's office has apologised for failing to notify him.
Now if only Australia had ordered that fleet of aerial water bombers as proposed in 2016 for the bushfirecrisis ...instead of focusing on the budget deficit
Pssst! Style point. It’s either “HMAS Adelaide” or “the Adelaide”, but not “The HMAS Adelaide”. It’s these little things...
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‘We will never stop fires in this nation’: NSW water minister | Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales Water Minister Melinda Pavey says Australia will “never stop fires” ravaging the nation as she calls for better land management policies.\n\n“This drought has limited the opportunities to do hazard reduction over the past three years in particular,” Ms Pavey said.\n\n“We need to have a greater emphasis on mosaic land management.\n\n“We will never stop bushfires in this nation … but we do have a responsibility to keep that fuel load down around our urban interface, around our properties.”\n\nHer remarks come as many landholders blame a lack of hazard reduction in national parks for fuelling the bushfire crisis. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Qld police searching for two teens seen lighting fire WB: 200 suspected Arsonists 2019-20 Bushfires, Hmm. Arsonists are pyro-terrorist in my book & should be convicted for Terrorism: WB The PM ignored expert warnings about fire danger, took fundung away from essential services, went on holiday during emergency, yet there is nothing we can do......
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Firefighters converge on NSW for one of the most dangerous days | Sky News AustraliaFirefighters in New South Wales have spent the night strengthening containment lines and backburning ahead of one of the most dangerous days this fire season. \n\nHot and windy weather is expected to sweep across the state — with authorities predicting conditions worse than those on New Year's Eve. \n\nFirefighters from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are merging in NSW to help fight the fires.\n\nThousands of tourists and residents on the state's south coast and Alpine and Riverina regions have evacuated.\n\nThe Rural Fire Service said it's likely that some fires will move into untouched territory. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia A fire lit by an arsonist is not a 'natural' disaster. It is an act of domestic terrorism and these people should be treated no differently to any other terrorist Hope no more lives are lost. Total respect and awe for those on the front line. What a sad day.
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Holiday amid bushfires was ‘inexcusable’: NSW emergency services minister | Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott has returned home early from a European holiday as the bushfire crisis grips his state. \n\nMr Elliott called his absence during the unprecedented bushfire season “inexcusable” — and admitted he should have put his Rural Fire Service family first.\n\nMr Elliot has been highly criticised for travelling overseas during the disaster just weeks after Prime Minister Scott Morrison was condemned for taking a family holiday in Hawaii. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Let's not forget Minister Elliott's other egregious failure - not delivering on his pledge to provide volunteer firefighters 'everything they possibly need'. Source: page 30, para. 1 at: He must resign, he has been so derelict in his duties that there is no other option. But in reality the libs never hold their own to account. Oh please make way his highnesses has returned. Release the doves !!
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Man dies defending NSW property from fire | Sky News AustraliaA man died of cardiac arrest while trying to defend a friend’s rural property against a bushfire near Batlow on Saturday night, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed.\n\nPolice say the 47-year-old man went to a nearby ute to retrieve water but didn't return.\n\nThe man's friend found him unconscious in the vehicle and drove until he met police.\n\nThe man died at the scene\n\nImage: News Corp Australia NEver forget that Sky News is complicit in spreading climate change ignorance to the Australian public. They are more responsible than the arsonists for these fires Greens have got to go they are murderers now! This is an arsonist emergency 🚨 Did he die or was he killed? Seems like a significant distinction. To all those out fighting the fires, do your best to look after yourselves. Saving houses is great but we’d rather pay for a recovery effort than see more funerals.
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