‘Isn’t this the role of government?’: Peter Dutton panned for setting up fundraiser for flood victims
by Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5WJ5T)
Critics mocking on social media but Scott Morrison says he doesn't understand backlash and minister sounds to me like someone doing their job'
Peter Dutton has been criticised for setting up a GoFundMe page for a flood-affected Queensland community with one Labor MP suggesting it proved the Coalition was incompetent and couldn't deliver commonwealth support.
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, said on Sunday evening he did not understand" the backlash to the fundraiser set up by the defence minister for the Pine Rivers community in his electorate.
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