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Shane Stone is Scott Morrison's mate, and he runs the PM's $4.8b Emergency Response Fund.
This is what he said today about Queensland flood victims.
This is what he said today about Queensland flood victims.
With blokes like this in charge, is it any wonder the Fund hasn't spent a cent on disaster relief or delivered a single mitigation project?
Shane Stone and Scott Morrison shouldn't be blaming flood victims who've lost everything due to their incompetence. They should be helping them.
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I know that the #qldfloods situation is far from over (and NSW is copping it now as well), and I am safe and dry in a non-flooded home, but I wanted to put down a few reflections on how the local media ecology functioned in the crisis period before I forget. Thread:
First, the ABC is our national emergency broadcaster, and local radio (@abcbrisbane) did an amazing job as they always do - filling gaps in information, fielding phone calls, giving airtime to on-the-ground responders, and providing a sense of community.
But the evisceration and abandonment of quality local television news and journalism by both commercial and public service broadcasters is a serious problem, particularly for the many people people whose first impulse is to turn on the TV to find out what's going on.
