Deputy Prime Michael McCormack says no one has “worked harder over this fire season” than Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons.
Comedian Celeste Barber has renewed calls for money raised through her fundraiser, which will be donated to the RFS, to be spread to families and not just to RFS equipment and administration costs. Mr McCormack told Sky News host Sharri Markson the dispute over the allocation of the funds needs to be resolved “within probably hours not even days”. Image: News Corp Australia
M_McCormackMP Think he might have forgot that Shane is on a huge salary package and is Paid to be the boss, all those standing and confronting these massive fires did it for free for their community, not from the air cond office of the command centre.
M_McCormackMP Retardants are for fire fighting only, not for generating press releases.
M_McCormackMP He was the face of the crisis, calm, measured and informative; yet there were many that worked until they dropped, not just from this country - we just never saw or heard them.
M_McCormackMP Harder at sacking the bloke who told Morrison to get F-cked
M_McCormackMP Yep he was working while CrimeMinisterMorrison was in Hawaii and then Hosting a party for a cricket team whilst Victims houses were burning. What did he say? The cricket would take everyone’s minds off the fires 🤬
M_McCormackMP What about the firefighters that’s lost their lives ? Now that’s hard work when a days work cost you your life 😰😰😰😰
M_McCormackMP Pity he didn’t work harder before the fires started, ie, back burning and other preventative actions. Oh well. Easier to blame climate change.
M_McCormackMP Deputy Prime Michael? What's a Deputy Prime Michael?
M_McCormackMP
M_McCormackMP What about the firefighter sacked for speaking his mind by the RFS Batemans Bay captain. The Baremans Bay captain needs sacking not him. He was right 'Tell the PM to Get F'cked'. What a gutless effort by the RFS.
M_McCormackMP Wow, just dismiss the actual Fire Fighters that were on the front line. What a piece of trash he is for that comment.
M_McCormackMP Except the actual firefighters of course
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