Was this Scott Morrison's "Katrina moment"?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons in Nowra, Sunday, January 5, 2020.

Source: AAP

Just as it happened with former US President George W Bush when the hurricane brought New Orleans to its knees in 2005, the Australian prime minister has been criticised - even by members of his own party - for his management of the bushfire crisis.


Federal politics correspondent, Paul Scutti, reports.

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