diatribes etc and so on Ad Infinitum, Ad Nusium!
Alan b,
A description so fitting for the Left ! What exactly, other than symbolism would the PM's presence have achieved ? Symbolism is what got us to this sad & sorry state of affairs via the Leftists.
You're accusing the Govt for what your crowd has caused, not very smart at all !
An opportunistic latching on the Pm on holiday whilst the tree dwellers are are expecting the volunteers to fight the fight for them ?
Btw by your Crowd I mean those pseudo intellectuals who won't move a finger to contribute or help but still holding out their hands & now they criticise for the sake of criticising due to a lack of sense. Talk about exploiting other peoples' misery. Gawd !

memo to ScoMO

realise that just like the bed wetters did to Abbott you will wake up to the fact that nothing you say or do is going to get them to like you. The marxist/gw hypocrites who love the benefits of industralisation want others not to enjoy the benefits while they virtue signal and display their hatred/ignorance. You have as much chance of winning favour from the abc and other regressives as you have of changing the planets temperature. Show some backbone like Trump and get out of Paris and ignore the lying liberal media/twitter/bloggers.

Fire fighting is a state responsibility.

It is ironic that the media -- and climate alarmists such as the author -- did not cane the NSW emergency services Minister for jetting off to London for a holiday during this extreme bushfire period.

It is absolutely negligent of the state governments to capitulate to green ideology and virtually prevent all hazard reduction in national park and crown land, and stop farmers adjacent to those areas from doing so.

Given the severe drought combined with high summer temperatures and unfavourable winds, the state government authorities effectively aided and abetted arsonists to maximise bushfire severity, and increased the likelihood of ignition by lightning strikes and spread of wind-borne burning embers.

In response to thinkabit, Prime Ministers do more than what is prescribed in the Constitution. The major task is to lead, for all. It is written nowhere in the Constitution, but it is what is known as a 'convention'.

I thought there were rules on this blog. "Bedwetters" is not a critique of people who believe in climate change science. It is instead a term of abuse, and one wonders why people would use a term which vilifies children (most children are bedwetters) in order to advance their own world-view. Curious, but strange that the community accepts such puerile standards of expression.

askbucko

did you have an issue with the aborginal 'woman' pretending to crap on a whitie on your abc? You seem easily offended and yet the regressives on the abc push out crap day by day at your and mine tax payer dollars. Assuming you are not on the dole.

Maybe the term bed wetters is not the best choice of words however it is extremly mild compared with the ugly hateful terms put out by the lying left liberal media.