Taylor rejects claim he gave rural firefighters a ‘kick in the guts’ with bushfire comments
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","dateModified":"2026-06-30T06:36:39Z","datePublished":"2026-06-30T01:48:12Z","description":"Angus Taylor claimed bureaucrats let catastrophic 2003 fires rip. No transcript of his comments has been issued by his office.“They said we’re not going to put them out because we believe in wilderness,” he told the crowd, according to a video posted on social media. “We’re going to let it go, and we saw the most devastating fire we’ve ever seen come through this country.”Emergency Services Minister Kristy McBain told parliament that Taylor’s comments were “absolutely shameful”.
- ▪{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","dateModified":"2026-06-30T06:36:39Z","datePublished":"2026-06-30T01:48:12Z","description":"Angus Taylor claimed bureaucrats let catastrophic 2003 fires rip.
- ▪No transcript of his comments has been issued by his office.“They said we’re not going to put them out because we believe in wilderness,” he told the crowd, according to a video posted on social media.
- ▪“We’re going to let it go, and we saw the most devastating fire we’ve ever seen come through this country.”Emergency Services Minister Kristy McBain told parliament that Taylor’s comments were “absolutely shameful”.
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