Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
Don’t fall for that line, what does a federal PM have to do with state based fires, fire services and assets?
Insofar as the operational management of them - stuff all, I'll grant you that. But if you are the elected leader of a country going through such a terrible period, then
bloody well lead! Get Defence involved unde the DACC system by tasking a pair of Hercs to Perth to ferry WA firies to the east coast, order some FARP support from Army Aviation to assist refuelling or having
their tankers doing round-robins to the fuel farm, hell even just becoming a central point on the news every morning and evening for Australian's to focus on is better than standing on a beach in America, smirking and with a schooner in hand while people are dying at home.
You don't piss off to Hawaii on a "family holiday" just because "you promised your girls that's when we'd go, so we're going" while an area of Australia
bigger than England is on fire!