Scotty From Marketing Steps On His Dick Again Visiting Flood-Flattened Lismore NSW

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On a debris-lined street, not far from Lismore’s centre, Kym Strow and her wife, Sarah Jones, are staying well away from the Scott Morrison circus. “We don’t need someone picking up our hand to shake it,” Strow says. Instead, the pair are walking through their ruined home. They move slowly, still digesting. In spots, the floors are dangerous to walk on. The warped timber threatens to give way underfoot. Paint is peeling off the walls.

Everything they owned is in a pile out on the street. But it’s not just their home. The cafe they’ve owned for nine years, Flock, is ruined too. Asked about Morrison’s visit to Lismore on Wednesday to see the flood damage, Strow says anger isn’t helpful right now. But it’s there, visceral in her voice, as she looks around at all that she’s lost. “This is desperation. We’re living in a fucking garage,” she says. “You need a leader who is going to stand up and say ‘I’m coming’ or ‘this is coming, you’re not alone’ and give hope.

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Across town, at Morrison’s chosen public relations point – the emergency operations centre at Lismore’s council chambers – tensions were running high. A group of protesters were there to welcome him, staying for hours in the oppressive heat. Some brandished signs saying “this isn’t strange, it’s climate change” and “mental health crisis”.

Morrison, unsurprisingly, didn’t stop to chat. His car ferried him around the back of the council chambers, while a line of police kept the protesters at bay. Inside, you could still hear them chanting. “The water is rising, no more compromising.” After an interminable wait, Morrison fronted the press to fend off criticism about the federal response, the inadequacy of the government’s effort on climate change, and the insufficient disaster payments, which, while now increased, are a drop in the ocean for those who lost everything. “It has taken everybody including the community by surprise, no one expected to get to those levels, and what we’re dealing with here is an extraordinary event,” the PM said. Then he left.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/09/scott-morrison-circus-fails-to-impress-lismore-a-town-that-has-lost-everything

[Mickju]

1. Morrison is such a dick.