He is on holidays I would guess and as the PM has a bigger cheque book than he does - no need for him to be anywhere near work.
Cant see fire management as a specific part of the responsibility especially when all emergency management here is being done by and responsible for by the states.
In the wash he is going to keep the boat folks out, kick out the kiwi criminals and a whole lot of other things that annoy lefties. Good hey.
The Department of Home Affairs is the Australian Government interior ministry with responsibilities for national security, law enforcement, emergency management, border control, immigration, refugees, citizenship, and multicultural affairs.[1] The portfolio also includes federal agencies such as the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
