Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticised by one of his political opponents for putting his “reputation on the global stage” over the needs of New South Wales residents hit by the flood crisis.
Currently, an estimated number of 32,000 people in the state have been evacuated and thousands of homes deluged.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued multiple flood warnings for the state, including major warnings for communities along the Hawkesbury, Nepean, and Colo rivers, which in some places have reached the record levels seen in February and March 2022.
Albanese is due to come back to Australia late on Tuesday and visit flood-affected areas of Hawkesbury following his return from the NATO leaders summit in Spain and side trips to France and Ukraine….