"In light of the escalating damage toll to the South Coast and the tragic loss of a further two civilians and one RFS volunteer, I have decided to return to Australia to stand with our selfless volunteer firefighters and bushfire affected communities," a News Corp reporter said on the social media site Twitter on Tuesday night, attributing the words to Mr Elliott., so the minister’s movements could not be confirmed.
His holiday came as the RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons on Tuesday described the crisis as the "worst bushfire season on record". Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Emergency Services David Elliott at a briefing at the RFS Hawkesbury Control Centre on December 17."I want everyone to be assured that the NSW government and emergency services personnel are doing everything we can to protect life and property and we have all the resources in place to make sure that occurs," Ms Berejiklian said.
"At the end of the day, the buck stops with me in making decisions and supporting emergency services personnel ... I feel completely supported.""He should be here, not in London. We just lost three lives," a senior minister said.One Liberal colleague said: "Why do we even have an Emergency Services Minister if he is not going to be here in an emergency." Another Minister said it was "nuts" that Mr Elliott chose to leave.
npomalley This is his actual job. The whole point of his portfolio is this unfolding tragedy. How could he possibly think being overseas before it was over made any sense whatsoever. And how does it take so long for politicians to get back from anywhere?
npomalley How big of him!
Why on earth did he decide it was okay to go on holiday during NSW’s unprecedented bushfire emergency in the 1st place. Didn’t he get the Aussie response to SmoKo’s Hawaiian retreat? They are all dullards 🙄
Idiot
Send him to Nauru for six years to cool off, and let the professionals get on with the real job.
Again it will be the tax payers footing the bill for his return trip home, claiming it as necessitated expenses claim. He can stay the fuck there, as GladysB already said, he's not needed. MadFckingWitch BelindaJones68 MichaelWestBiz NSWfires
I hope he is not going to disappoint his children like ScottyfromMarketing auspol
Very ugly pic if you don't mind
By one day? Same as Smoko?
I can’t even be bothered thinking up something witty or cutting. What a shithead.
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If, in the middle of an emergency, an emergency services minister goes on holiday abroad, what’s the point of having an emergency services minister?
No need to return. Just a quick resignation would help.
He should be fired, no pun intended
Emergency Services Minister! I don't think so! AustraliaBurns
Wow, how noble of him. This bastard needs to be sacked
Isn't it a bit late for that?
Why Bother? He’s well and truly shit in his own nest. Gladys should do the decent thing and Sack Him! GladysB
What a useless piece of arserag.
They get these portfolios in a raffle
None of these LNP ministers are interested or actually know what they’re supposed to do to earn their $300k / year!
Dip shit. Cannot stand this guy.
Oh how jolly sporting of him. What a guy! Honestly these pollies have no idea about the real world & what is expected. I expect there will be a Royal Commission about all this fire mismanagement & many at the top should be very worried about there jobs.
Hallelujah! We are saved! 😒
Obviously his wife has cut short her shopping trip.
Waiting for the mural.
Liberals have to be shamed into doing what they are paid to do
These low life forms are exactly the same all around the World!
Well he, like his boss the PM, don't man the hoses. True, but what the fuck do they actually do?
Pheww!!! I feel safe now 🤨.
Too little, too late.
Translation .. yeah I’ve checked on my Swiss bank accounts and everything is sweet.
Should we let him back in though is the question I’m asking ? 🤔
He’s useless, stay away from NSW.
DavidElliottMP David Elliot MP, SM the hapless holidaying Houdini. Missing Person, Sinister Minister.
Why bother?
Hmmmm
Another worse than worthless Coalition grub. These people are mafia. Criminals. Pigs. If police, AFP and ASIO weren't all corrupt rightwing capitalist deep state guardians, they'd be lining them up for the dock and making prison beds available. auspol
He could simply email his resignation!
Absolutely nothing he can do now unless he’s out there with a hose which given the state of him would make him a liability. Might even make things worse to be seen to do something given the political climate at the moment and waste money for a nice press moment
GladysB Can always cut his MPing short. I saw honest emotion in you. Don’t let Houdini demean his position and his humanity. Help him out and, excuse the pun, fire him.
Imagine Clarke and Dawe with this..
broomstick33 Words were spoken😂😂😂
pallisier Gawd, he looks like a recruitment poster for the Stasi
And what will he do?
Blamy he sure looks so concerned from his face expressing?
HkarterKarter PhuqueYouLNPTurd :-)
What Emergency Services Minister goes on holiday during a bloody emergency?
Why did he leave?
dear oh dear oh me I know things are really really bad but death threats ? what is happening to out beautiful country?
Bit late now as the caviar is all eaten & there’s only bottled water to drink!
DavidElliottMP is a waste of cells. AustraliaFires
People need to realise that the Libs don't believe in government. They make no secret of that. They're there just to pillage and plunder whatever they can of ours for themselves & their donors. They don't expect to actually have to do their jobs, just to get paid. Remember that.
Aahhh was it his job to request military support for NSW? Someone seriously dropped the ball there leaving all those people on the beaches down the south coast they don’t even acknowledge exists. NSW basket case proves itself again.
The truth is he was stopped at Heathrow and was directed to the interview room for a strip search and found to have smuggled a lump of coal down his pants. He was immediately deported for being an idiot. Rumour has it's the same lump that Scott passed around The House auspol
The LNP are writing the 'Political Mismanagement for Dummies' book aren't they! Far out, what a pack of useless incompetents
Another fair weather politician that should be added to every voter black list. Time for change
My God. Is it rocket science to not go
It’s a joke
Well he's there, (with numerous other dullards) because people voted for him.
HowGood are holidays!! AustraliaBurns bushfirecrisis
Probably best for everyone if he never comes back.
Your politicians and PM are freaking unbelievable. You don't get to go on holiday when your country is burning.
Oh what a sacrifice.
HkarterKarter Too late. Stay away. Resign.
You need to sack this bloke GladysB He doesn’t deserve to be in your ministry.
Nup! The damage to his reputation is done. That he could do it in the first pace and then, when criticism was in his face, and only then, does he think about returning, I would say we don't need him. That's a salary that can go to some family's destroyed life.
He was never going to - nothing but political platitudes from these clowns. Politicians will only ever become accountable when we, the public, hold them accountable. Problem is, the system is so rigged by lobby interests and gerrymandering, even accountability has been denied us.
Man should be sacked at the airport Arrivals gate. Unceremoniously.
Qldaah Really, the only response we need from a politician is for Morrison to declare a national emergency then we can leave it to the professionals and the pollies can stay well away.
BREAKING: Elliott decides on stopover in Hawaii before returning to Sydney.
Oh yeah, it’s not like he didn’t know what the conditions were when he left. Talk about a dereliction of duty, despite Gladys saying the buck stops with her. Given his job and title it was not the time to take a holiday.
Not to help. Just to try to save his own sad arse.
Qldaah Only because of community outrage...not because he wanted too. Emergency existed BEFORE he went yet he still did. Should never have gone in the first place. auspol MSM
You had one job to do.
Filthy behaviour😡😡😡😡
Yeah it's speaks to leadership and judgement both of which he lacks 'in spades' as do you GladysB but if you could just go get 'the flasher' AKA chrissmith he'll be able to explain sorry excuse it it better..
Still going to be known as DaveTheDeserter and should be tagged as such at every opportunity.
hand that man a Pulaski and a helmet
So will he bill NSW tax payers for his return?
Not needed now. Stay away permanently at your own expense, David.
macsween_prue Where's the outrage from abcnews SBSNews
But neither Feseral or State policies are decided by Twitter 🤔
Hold the emergency, wait for me to return.... It's sickening to be honest
Sack him, obviously can’t do his job when most needed
Why don't any of the Liberal Party ever support Australian tourism & holiday here
Goose
What a guy
LOCK HIM UP when he arrives
The taxpayers of NSW will gladly accept Your resignation now .
Oh wow really, I wonder why he bothered to do that... Is there a competent human in the Liberal party at a state or federal level? Legitimate question.
He should come back to resign.
He's eligible to claim unforeseen backlash on his travel insurance
We’re saved!
macsween_prue He’s got travel insurance !
Why GladysB ever gave him this job I will never know. David Idiot DavidElliottMP is not clever and never has been. The people of Baulkham Hills are very poorly represented. Leave him in Europe.
Will he be strip-searched on arrival at the airport?
What a sacrifice! What would Rupert say? rupertonomy
He must have spotted the smoke ...
Given the extent and catastrophic nature of these bushfires, what sort of emergency would be serious enough for our emergency services minister to actually be here?
He should submit his resignation when he gets back
Dave the Deserter the NSW Emergency Services Minister reportedly returning home. He deserted his post at the first whiff of an emergency 🔥Why have an Emergency Services Minister at all 🤔
Why? Did he feel the heat in Europe? Media who aren’t there to be LNP sycophants tend to be brutal.
30,040 in the electorate of Baulkham Hills gave DavidElliottMP their vote. Think about that for a moment.
He shouldn't have gone in the 1st place.
This government is completely out of touch.
It’s a bit like watching the muppet show with this lot governing the country at present 🤔
He must've realised there were still some children who haven't been strip searched yet.
Why bother! He didn’t care then and is unlikely to make any constructive contribution on return!
Why? He was doing sweet bugger all anyway.
they should BBQ his balls when he returns very elegant French cuisine
What a bunch of overpaid creeps
Govt folk had better only vacation in the winter
Seriously? This is the guy that’s supposedly oversees emergencies? Bold leadership right there. Sleep tight.
About time, what a tin eared effort
Wot a turd.
That's part of the job, cutting short your holiday for emergencies.
How is this guy still a minister is mind blowing!
Should never have gone in the first place. Thank god the firies don't go on holiday.
Elergency, what emergency? Polls bad🔥, now that’s an emergency! You Aussies really have some great pols!😄 Happy New Year Not to you numpties: ScottMorrisonMP GladysB
Stay where you are Elliot - you’re not genuine if you’re being shamed into meeting your responsibilities
why would this tub of crap even bother?
He could have emailed a resignation
This minister deserves a very very slow clap. 🙄 auspol idiot nswfires
Who cares what these bloody govt 'ministers' do. All they seem capable of is making horrific situations worse. auspol AustralianFires
Hope he is coming home to resign. He is a disgrace.
Oh *now* he’s returning.
Useless fool. Stay away long term mate. You are an A grade goose
Shows a lack of leadership and and understanding of the issues and potential for extreme action to deal with these situations. Time for real leadership and hard decisions
My, how gracious of him.
So he should.never have I seen such Politicians who are so selfish.they Work for the People
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