I agree with most of that but where do you draw the line? We live in a country that always has and always will have natural disasters. People already complain they pay too much tax
Your statement part of the problem.
Libs have based their whole reason for existence around tax to appeal to greed and excuse their whole IPA agenda.
The public only complain about paying tax because of the Libs, Murdoch, Gina, mining conglomerates and their ilk, have made an issue of it and demonising the poor and giving them any of our hard earned.
Australia used to be a fair country. We never had a problem with lifting up the less fortunate, ill, infirm. It used to be seen as our civic duty to provide.
No more. They are bludgers and a drain on the budget. Leaners. Ticking time bombs.
That's what our values have become
As regards "where do you draw the line"..its only till this emergency has eased. You cant expect volunteers to work for free for months on end.
Could you afford that? I couldn't months on end nor find the stamina. Poor buggers giving their all and people consider bs like where do you draw the line.
Or
You could stop $300,000 a year pensions for life for pollies who resign or lose their seat. Abbott, Julie, The Fixer etc and any Labor leech doing the same.
You could stop first class travel and free family flights. $250? per night accommodation expenses whilst renting that same property off your wife, $187 per day meals allowance. Military plane use of $30,000 to get from A to B because the commercial flight is a 30 minute layover.
The useless airforce planes not going to be fit for purpose.
The ridiculously expensive subs.
The seaside shack highlighting the corrupt Paladin contract.
The Murray Darling wasted money.
Heaps of savings could be made to pay volunteer firies in times of such emergencies.