Scott Morrison says drought the Coalition's 'first call' – but makes no mention of climate

Scott Morrison has indicated the federal government might be prepared to commit extra relief funding to drought-stricken communities, reaffirming the drought is the government’s top priority.

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, told the Liberal
party federal council the drought is ‘the rock I’m
going to put in the jar first’.

In a triumphal speech to the Liberal party’s federal council in Canberra on Saturday, Morrison again said the drought was “the most pressing and biggest call on our budget”.

“It is the first cab off the rank, the first thing we sit together and say, ‘Once we have done everything we can in this area, then we can consider other priorities’.

“It is the biggest call on the budget because it is the most pressing, the rock I’m going to put in the jar first. It is the first call because that is what is needed in our rural and regional communities. They know we cannot make it rain and they know we cannot make it like it was before the drought.”

Read the story from The Guardian by Ben Doherty - “Scott Morrison says drought the Coalition's 'first call' – but makes no mention of climate.”