Mr Marshall — who is on Kangaroo Island today — said bushfire recovery in those two tourist hotspots would be his major focus as new tourism minister.
"When these fires go out, it's not like we're going to be walking away — in fact, that's when all the hard work begins to try and rebuild the economy," he said."From an economic recovery prospective, we have two major sectors on the island — agriculture and tourism, and they've both been hit for six.
He said the 2007 bushfire that ripped through the Flinders Chase National Park was slow-moving, allowing key assets to be saved, but that was not possible during the recent fires as it moved so much faster. "The embers were jumping two, three, four, five kilometres in front of the [fire] front and it was a very difficult fire to contain," he said.
"Obviously, it was a tragedy two lives lost on Kangaroo Island, and another one up in the Adelaide Hills."Often in the media we talk about losses, but I think we've got to also change the narrative and talk about saves — if you think about what the CFS, MFS and SES have done in terms of their fire fighting effort, they have saved countless lives.
from the fools that cut funding to the Overland interstate train. theTiser 7NewsAdelaide 9NewsAdel 10NewsFirst abcadelaide
Less focus on the economic goals of the tourism message and more on what reforms will be put in place to protect the safety of future tourists & residents Currently, our reputation is like an airline that has had half its fleet crash and telling the world the other half is safe
Well that will be A Hoot 🤣
Won’t be part of any recovery effort or support group for Kangaroo Island as long as PengillyMichael remains the Mayor. He is clearly part of the overall problem ...... not part of the solution ClimateDenier Liberal Liar AustralianBushfireDisaster KangarooIsland auspol LP
But why? This is why you have Ministers...
Meesage needs to be around what safety procuders are going to be enacted. Propoganda prior to the fires was economically driven and tourism across australia is now paying the price. Its like an airline saying only half of our fleet crashed but the other half is perfectly safe
Sack the Mayor for a start
He's doing a better job than i thought he would so far. (in opposition, so often complained and negated good works). Noticed he was proud of the power network stability he tried to ruin. It's a Liberal thing. Win at all costs, including bold faced lies. Glad he's doing good work