Victorian premier Daniel Andrews declares state of disaster for East Gippsland, urging people to flee bushfire zones, while Scott Morrison is abused by fire victims in Cobargo. Follow today’s live news and latest updates 2.02am GMT Community recovery assistance has been extended for bushfire-hit communities in the Bega Valley, Eurobodalla, Queanbeyan-Palerang, Shoalhaven, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys and Mid-Western council areas, the emergency management minister David Littleproud has announced.This includes brings the total support to more than $80m and includes: 1.46am GMT Most people appear to have seen this footage by now, but here are the two now infamous handshake attempts by Scott Morrison.Shortly after the non-handshake:PM: “Tell that fella I’m really sorry, I’m sure he’s just tired.”Local incident controller: “No no, he lost a house.”#AustraliaBurning #ausfires #nswfires pic.twitter.com/9PodUTCf9zPM Scott Morrison donated one Woolies bag of food to the Lucknow relief centre. Spoke for 8 minutes to volunteers & people who’ve lost their homes & left with the words “good to see your chins are up. There’s always something to look forward to.”@10NewsFirst #10NewsFirst Continue reading…
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