Associate professor/Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne
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Mr Morrison, I Lost my Home to Bushfire. Your Thoughts and Prayers are not Enough
I lost my home in Victoria’s 1983 Macedon bushfires. I know sympathy and financial assistance for those in the midst of the crisis is important. However, when political leaders such as Prime Minister Scott Morrison offer their “thoughts and prayers”, it’s hard to read this as anything but disingenuous.
November 18, 2019
