Kevin Rudd slams PM for claiming 'first ever' call out of reservists during bushfires

Hundreds of ADF personnel were deployed to provide emergency relief to the affected communities in Victoria in 2009, which had been one in a series of bushfire disasters that defence force personnel had been deployed to over several decades.

"I understand Prime Minister Morrison said today it was the first time that the federal government has been called upon to play a central role in responding to bushfires in Australia. I've got to say to Mr Morrison, that's not my recollection of Black Saturday," Mr Rudd said in a video he posted to Twitter.

SBS understands that a difference between both responses was that the Morrison government enforced a compulsory call out where"all reservists selected must endeavour to participate", which required approval from the governor general.On Sunday, Mr Morrison conceded that he agrees that climate change is driving longer, hotter and drier summer seasons and the government's emissions targets need to"evolve".

He added that he believes one of the issues which should be explored by a royal commission into the bushfires, which he will put to cabinet and the state premiers in coming weeks, would be the impact of climate change.

Will somebody please educate MrKRudd about the term Call Out. He is embarrassing himself again. the is a legal difference when ADF reserves are called out for compulsory service as apposed to asking for volunteers to support the regular ADF.

Scomo is doing a Trump lie, lie and more lies and thinks it will work

Rudd...

Yes the defence was used during the black Saturday fires, but this was a compulsory call up of the reserve army, mandated from the GG, not a voluntary call up.

Yeah. Morrisson caught lyin g yet again ScoMoResign

Kevin do your understand the difference between compulsory call out of reserve by governor General compared to Defence members assisting. Did your GG sign document making compulsory call out of reserves. Also PM said he took lead he didn't have an agreement with state goverment

Kevin Rudd , the angry ego

Why is this man still getting air time?He almost destroyed the place?

Seriously...who gives a flying F if it or isn't the 1st time?

Why will no one think of the constitutional lawyers?

Same rubbish as media states about fires being unprecedented.

Getter over it SBS. Still can’t accept May 2019. 😝😝😝

Kevin who

Nowran & it certainly won't be the last. Wonder how much the callout cost.

Scotty doing a better job than Kevin ever did

the Dud should keep quiet

Yeh and scumo was 4 months later not 24 hours later. I HATE his guts

Geez MrKRudd can't keep out of the spotlight, fair ßuck of the sauce.

KevinRudd10 we know that ScottyfromMarketing is a liar. And if Labor would have not approved Adani Labor could be better but at the end of the day it is all the same BS and the people and wildlife are suffering right now. StopAdani ScoMoResign

Why would you even bother reporting this

Suffering RDS (relevance deprivation syndrome)

Who let Kevin out of the asylum?

TheLiarFromTheShire is at it again desperately mimicking Trump’s prolific lying

hasn't he 'disputed' it because it was a lie?

Go away whatyaname...😖

For goodness sake grow up sigh

“Disputed” is one way of putting it. Proving ScottMorrisonMP is a bloody straight out liar with FACTS is probably the better way to put it.

And MrKRudd shot ScottMorrisonMP down in BUSHFIRE FLAMES 🔥

What a bullshit headline SBS. The PM also said to the best of his knowledge. Kevin there is no need to dispute it just remind us of the other time reservists were called into action.

Oh no! You mean a politician got caught bullshi**ing? Say it isn’t so!

So, Rudd was in charge during the Black Saturday fires when 180 people died? Who would have thought that Labour could be responsible for that?

Kevin Rudd is an irrelevant Narcissist.His own comrades deserted him years ago.

Why 'disputed'? There's no dispute. It's not a matter for debate.

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