Grattan on Friday: Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party’s left

Scott Morrison is picking up that Australia’s devastating, prolonged fires are producing a soured, anti-government mood among many in the community.

Morrison has refused to meet calls for a national
summit or a COAG meeting on the fire effort.

It may not be entirely rational for people to turn on politicians in such situations. The actual fighting of the fires, driven primarily at state and local levels, appears to have been efficient.

But the government has invited anger in terms of the broad debate by being so inactive and partisan about climate change over years.

Morrison is struggling to navigate his way through these fraught days before Christmas. He’s stressing unity - “I want to reassure Australians, that the country is working together … to deal with the firefighting challenge”. He’s refusing to meet calls for a national summit or a COAG meeting on the fire effort, but he’s highlighting the federal government’s co-ordinating activities.

Read the story from The Conversation by a Professorial Fellow from the University of Canberra, Michelle Grattan -  “Grattan on Friday: Climate winds blowing on Morrison from Liberal party’s left.”