National emergency laws but no sovereign aerial firefighting fleet

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Australia will not create a national sovereign aerial firefighting fleet but the Morrison government will give itself powers to establish a national state of emergency in response to the bushfire royal commission's recommendations.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Australia will not create a national sovereign aerial firefighting fleet but the Morrison government will give itself powers to establish a national state of emergency in response to the bushfire royal commission's recommendations.

The royal commission recommended Australia create laws allowing a national state of emergency to be declared, meaning the federal government can take action without waiting for a specific request from state or territory governments. "The Commonwealth has no desire to replicate or replace these capabilities, including in aerial firefighting," the response said.

 

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More power, but less good. Typical Scomo.

MorrisonsMushr1 Its same as the Liberal Party Ministerial 'Standards' not worth paper its written on. How much more bastardry can the country take from the Morrison? Is this where his Pentecostal beliefs gets us all killed in a fire storm while hes safe in the bunker?

Can't afford aerial firefighting and $10 million bro payments to Murdoch. MurdochRoyalCommission

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