Pregnant Cobargo woman says Scott Morrison turned his back on her pleas for help

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A 20-year-old woman who lost her house in the NSW South Coast fires on New Year's Eve said she was 'heartbroken' after her emotional encounter with the Prime Minister

A second video also surfaced on Friday, appearing to show a volunteer firefighter and bushfire victim refusing a handshake from Mr Morrison.

The footage shows Mr Morrison approaching the seated firefighter, offering to shake his hand - which was refused - before attempting to grab the other hand.In a later clip, the Prime Minister can be heard telling the deputy incident controller to tell the man he is"very sorry" before being informed the firefighter had lost his home days earlier.

"People are angry. I understand it. People have suffered a great loss. People are hurting, people are raw. That's what happens in natural disasters," he said.

 

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PM has lost SPIN not working anymore. He is running around like a headless chook. No one is listening. PM has become irrelevant...

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“I don't even wait. And when you're ScottyfromMarketing, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab them by the hand. You can do anything.' ScottMorrisonMP bushfirecrisis climatechange Cobargo handshake auspol

Well done. Another reason why you should be subscriber only.

SBS working around tinge clock to deliver hit pieces against the PM. fakenews

Of course he won't listen to her because it involves money and care!

'My house is burnt to the ground and the Prime Minister turned his back on me,'. And we voted this guy & his party into power why?

Lets be honest, he was there for a PR moment, not to give actual support ScottyfromMarketing

Don't like him but coverage I saw had him standing talking to her for a while

RealMarkLatham this is what real media presents! Public media forever!!

I’d confidently suggest it was someone else’s house she was in and us tax payers would be subsiding her existence

One sided emotion. He cannot show empathy.

Photo op that backfired

I really liked the PM's take on this meeting. It completely contradicts the video evidence. It appears the entire country don't know what we're looking at & ScottyFomMarketing is the only sane one here...

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