Labor calls on disaster relief boss to resign for criticising flood victims who want ‘to live among the gum trees’
by Paul Karp and Katharine Murphy from World news | The Guardian on (#5WQZY)
Shane Stone doubled down on the comments on Friday, saying he had started a conversation about not rebuilding in disaster-prone areas
Labor has called on disaster relief agency boss, Shane Stone, to resign over comments appearing to blame people who want to live among the gum trees" for the cost of recovering from catastrophic floods.
The shadow minister for emergency management, Murray Watt, made the call on Friday, as debate rages over the viability of insuring disaster-prone areas and whether the government should expand its $10bn reinsurance scheme to assist victims of floods and bushfires outside northern Australia.
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