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| Geoscience Australia, satellite mapping of hotspots, 18 December 2019 |
On the evening of Sunday 15 December 2019 Australian Prime Minister & Liberal MP for Cook Scott Morrison left the country unannounced.
When his absence was noticed the prime minister's office confirmed he was taking a 'personal' holiday with his family for a few days, at first refused to confirm this holiday was overseas and flat out denied it was being taken in Hawaii, USA.
Turns out the holiday was in Hawaii and, as Australia burned, he was smiling happily for a group photo on a beach flashing the handsign for 'hanging loose'.
Let me make this clear. This was during a time forests were burning, untold native animals were perishing, more homes were destroyed, another NSW state emergency was declared and two firefighters were killed as well as two in the same NSWRFS crew injured - but Morrison was having his oh-so-jolly, carefree jaunt in the balmy tropics.
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| https://twitter.com/Ben_Downie/status/1207569984857096192, 19 December 2019 |
Once Morrison realised he had been discovered he issued a half-hearted brief apology; "I deeply regret any offence caused to any of the many Australians affected by the terrible bushfires by my taking leave with family at this time".
Saying he would return to Australia as soon as it could be arranged.
Morrison's overseas holiday was for 8 nights & 7 days planned to end on 23 December 2019 - meaning it ended less than two full days earlier than planned.
Since returning to Australia Morrison has been conducting a public relations blitz portraying himself as a man just trying to do the right thing by his kids, whom he had already taken on holiday to Shoalhaven in NSW (January 2019) and Fiji (June 2019) before taking them to Hawaii this month.
He has also doubled down on false claims that Australia was meeting it greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and told the general public that the current fire season was nothing to panic about, that the rural fire service volunteers were well resourced and supported and there was no need for additional responses to the climate emergency/climate change impacts.
A message which simply increased the level of anger shown towards him on social media.
#auspol#ScoMoResign #Scummo— Sir Thomas Wynn ⚫️ (@Sir_Thomas_Wynn) December 23, 2019
Morrison is smacked down by a volunteer firefighter.
Jacqui doesn't hold back.
Good on her, she speaks for us all. pic.twitter.com/E1xkgilN0W
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