PM given 'incorrect advice' causing backflip on $1000 charge for Australians fleeing Wuhan

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Australians will not be charged $1000 to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, in a stunning federal backflip blamed on 'incorrect advice' given to Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week

Australians will not be charged $1000 to be evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, in a stunning federal backflip blamed on "incorrect advice" given to Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week.

A journalist asked on Friday why the government was charging $1000 when in previous instances, such as the Arab Spring and unrest in Lebanon, there was no charge. Mr Morrison insisted the charge was standard policy and had been applied in the past. "The Department of Foreign Affairs have said publicly that they provided the incorrect information originally, particularly about the arrangements in place when people came out of Cairo during the Arab Spring," Mr Frydenberg said.

He accused Ms Palszczuk of acting in an "appalling" way by revealing details to the public about advice provided about the outbreak after she

 

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I can’t believe how much Scott ‘I want Hawaii Holiday’ Morrison’s Govt have lost touch with ordinary Australians! Vote them OUT we must!!!

Incorrect advice =private polling told us constituents thought it was a bad idea🙄🙄

Bringing out the bullsh*t crutch as usual. The amount of “incorrect advice” this govt gets makes it and its advisers the most incompetent bunch of morons ever in any Australian parliament.

They should pay. Ffs

The government is mean , crooked and incompetent, but the question is: how much of any of this will change the minds of those who think they are somehow better off under them come the next election? Unfortunately the election win on the back of sports rorts demonstrates this.

Incorrect advice, I call bullshit. Thought they’d try to charge, lied about the past, ran into another storm and decided to do a backflip....again auspol ScottMorrisonMP ScottyfromMarketing is slipping

Incorrect advice..you bet!! Advice that said you could get away with it!

While this govt still talking, lots of countries already brought citizens back home, even small country Bangladesh brought 300 plus citizen home already. This govt completely failed dealing with any emergency , just talking no action yet.

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Another kneejerk! These jokers are into calisthenics. If we could have PolicyNotPrayer they may have worked out the people don’t care about defending the surplus when saving lives. Maybe ScottyfromMarketing could take another note.

Still can’t believe they’re sending Aussies to an island off of Indonesia rather than bringing them home. What sort of government treats it’s people like this

Maybe ScottMorrisonMP should start organising a couple of chook raffles, see if he can get that right.

Good decision.

In many aspects they are a catch-up if caught, type of administration. And it is always someone else’s fault. I totally reject the premise of leadership.

What a circus this mob is.

The Murdoch muppets haven’t got a fcuking clue

Incorrect advice....if our ministers had a moral compass they would have rejected that advice....this government makes me sick

RachelBkr This corrupt LNP regime lie so much that they are having trouble keeping their corrupt politicians updated on what the latest lie is. Or they are just stupid, either way they should be sacked, the lot of them, they have no one worth keeping.

The GuardianAus are making a profit despite no paywalls. People are willing to pay for news, not biased feel-pinion. Yet SMH, keep publishing this shit straight from Govt, completely free from any critical analysis, and wonder why subscriptions are falling through the floor 💩

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