
— With AAP.
Amid Australia’s unprecedented and ongoing bushfire crisis, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has addressed his response to the crisis in a new interview with ABC Insiders host David Speers.
On Sunday, Morrison sat down with the journalist to address the criticism he faced over his holiday to Hawaii during the bushfire crisis.
During the 30-minute interview, the Prime Minister also acknowledged the role of climate change in the harsh conditions, signalling that the Coalition’s climate change policy could “evolve” as a result.
WATCH PM @ScottMorrisonMP‘s full interview with @InsidersABC host @David_Speers https://t.co/ke1uEcjkkX #auspol
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Here are some of the key things we learnt from Scott Morrison’s ABC interview.
He wouldn’t have travelled to Hawaii.
In late December, Prime Minister faced considerable criticism after holidaying in Hawaii while much of Australia burned.
The criticism, which was echoed by international publications and even celebrities, eventually led the Liberal leader to cut his family holiday short.
Speaking to Speers, Morrison addressed the criticism he faced over the Hawaii trip.
“In hindsight, I would not have taken that trip knowing what I know now,” he said.
“One of the great difficulties in any job, as you know, David, is balancing your work and family responsibilities. It had been a very busy year,” he continued.
“I’d made a promise to my kids and we’d taken forward that break, as I explained when I came back and I thought I was very up-front about my contrition on that.”

Top Comments
C'mon, let's start 2020 the way we'd like it to continue, by not deleting awesome, albeit ranty, comments.
Scomo was being sneaky re. his holiday and is dragging his feet on changing his climate policy, even though he's now personally polling lower than Shortens worst.
The time to pressure Morrison is now and he's demonstrated that he's more likely to react to bad polls, than a compassionate need.
Morrison is a lame duck PM.
There are already moves within the Liberal Party to call a leadership spill by early February. The contenders most likely being Dutton, Porter, and Frydenberg.