From trying to sneak in an early Hawaiian holiday to a heap of tone-deaf comments, this season of “Scott Morrison bushfire relief efforts” has been quite the cringeworthy journey. The latest episode of the PM’s odyssey comes from Kangaroo Island and boy is it doozy.
Scotty visited the popular tourist spot after it was ravaged by bushfires and proceeded to log another ‘F’ score after he awkwardly got the number of casualties wrong when chatting to a group of concerned locals.
After meeting with some Kangaroo Island residents, Scotty said to them “thankfully, we’ve had no loss of life”. Now this is a perfectly fine thing to say to a bunch of concerned people… had it been factually correct.
A woman quickly corrected Scotty about the number of bushfire casualties on Kangaroo Island, telling him “Two, we’ve lost two.”
Immediately recognising his little faux pas, Scotty quickly tried to cover his tracks by saying “Two, yes two, that’s quite right, I was thinking about firefighters”.
For what it’s worth, a spokesperson for Scotty said that he and the Kangaroo Island locals were discussing “firefighting efforts” at the time.
Uh huh, sure Jan.
After a series of bushfire-related blunders, this one is a new low for our PM. Hell, it’s even more embarrassing than when Urban Dictionary “honoured” Scott Morrison by giving his self-proclaimed nickname ‘Scomo’ a scathing definition and making it a Word of the Day.
To be fair to Scotty, he did do his part for the locals by encouraging tourists to “cut [holiday operators] a break” when asking for refunds during these trying times.
But still, maybe read up on what’s going on or stick to forced handshakes next time you’re visiting locals in bushfire-ravaged areas, Scott Morrison.
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