Under pressure Australia PM visits beleaguered firefighters

NSTworld: News of his holiday prompted street protests and widespread criticism on social media, with Australians deploying the hashtag wherethebloodyhellareya

Morrison toured headquarters of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service – whose exhausted volunteers have been struggling to contain deadly, out-of-control-blazes for months on end – where he admitted he had erred in travelling overseas.

News of his holiday prompted street protests and widespread criticism on social media, with Australians deploying the hashtag #WhereTheBloodyHellAreYa? A helicopter prepares to drop water on a large bushfire in Bargo, southwest of Sydney on December 21, 2019. -AFP Large scale back burning is planned over the next few days before conditions are expected to worsen again in a week’s time.

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