Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has backtracked on his decision not to fund half of the Queensland state government’s $741 million (US$551 million) scheme to buy back and make properties more resilient to flooding after the recent natural disaster. “The request the Queensland government has made goes well beyond any other requests for floods of this nature in the past. They are things that are the state government’s responsibility,” Morrison told 4BC on April 7. The Coalition prime minister accused the state Labor government of politicising the natural disasters that impacted southeast Queensland, with the start of the federal election campaign imminent. “I just want to make sure people are getting the support that they need,” Morrison said after confirming that the federal government would split the cost of Queensland’s request with conditions. One of the conditions is that the Queensland government be transparent about how it uses the money, …