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@eol-products wrote:

The reason I asked if she had been there was the fact many don't have home and contents insurance due to the high cost of the added emergency services fees that are added to them. It was her government that stopped them being removed which would have reduced the cost meaning less people may may be financially ruined. I remeber 20 years ago home insurance was $12 month, petrol was $1 litre, insurance is now minimum of $80 month and fuel is around $1.30 litre.

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That does make it tough, especially for those on a limit income    ...... I wish fuel was $1.30 a litre here, I paid $1.49 ltr for diesel this morning. It costs me around $15 for a 60 km round trip to do my shopping.

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@myoclon1cjerk wrote:
Gross negligence from government with regards to this catastrophe and yet they'll be re-elected in 2022. I mean how good is that?

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Somehow I dont think they will be    ...... The quiet Aussie has a very long memory

I should have mentioned Rural Fire Service is funded this way and as we know are responsible for fighting bushfires. I can't remember exactly but it maybe as much as 25% of the policy goes to the RFS. Some feel it should be a seperate tax or levy paid another way as other states do as those that  can least afford it will live in outer areas more likely to encounter bushfires.

Coulda woulda shoulda I remember when? it's too late for all this

he needs to be listening to those who warned of this catastrophe

and start doing. Stop the hand wringing spin and the photo oportunities

listen, and act with constructive solutions.

My reply was concerning home insurance and those that may not have had it due to the high cost especially with the extra fees on top. I get the feeling you are talking about something else as he is a she in regard to what I had written and if you read the stories those that suffer are those who live in rural areas.

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@eol-products wrote:

I don't watch the news but has the Premier been down there. 

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I have not been going out of my way to follow Gladys's movements too closely but she has certainly not been sitting on her hands.

Every night the TV news shows her at Fire Headquarters for briefings and going up in helicopters to see for herself.  And she is not wearing the same clothes so it is not just rehashed footage.

I have relatives in the RFS who are involved in the NSW south coast fires and they have seen her in the area several times whre she has been visiting evacuation centres and been briefed by local authorities.

As I see it, she is being far more productive than Morrison.....I have neer seen her being heckled or abused.

I was only asking a simple question not making a statement sorry for the confusion I really should watch the news more.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bushfire-victim-slams-scott-morrison-for-walking-away-20200103-p53omq.ht...

He didnt give a darn about this lady, all he wanted was  a photo opportunity

This  lady and her partner have just been through a traumatic experience. They have lost everything they owned and all Moriscum wanted to do was shake her hand   ...... He really is full of shellgrit