Scott Morrison bushfire crisis handling seen as a disaster from Hawaii holiday to hose comment

Scott Morrison's handling of Australia's bushfire crisis has been widely condemned - from his holiday in Hawaii to his cricket commentary as the death toll worsened. Scroll down for video Scott Morrison's handling of Australia's bushfire crisis has been a public relations disaster - from secretly holidaying in Hawaii to obsessing over the cricket amid tragedy Even Lara Bingle, the bikini model whose career Mr Morrison launched in 2006 when he headed Tourism Australia, couldn't resist taking a dig 'Scott Morrison: Where the bloody hell are you?,' she tweeted under her married name of Lara Worthington, referencing the controversial slogan of the TV ad campaign she fronted Pictured: Smoke billowing from a fire burning at East Gippsland, Victoria, where than 800,000 hectares of bushland has been burnt 'Scott Morrison: Where the bloody hell are you?,' she tweeted under her married name of Lara Worthington, referencing the controversial slogan of the TV ad campaign she fronted. Mr Morrison, a former marketing man, bizarrely defended his absence by declaring: 'I don't hold a hose, mate' Pictured: Devastating fires at East Gippsland, Victoria, where conditions are expected to worsen on Saturday Public relations queen Prue MacSween, herself no stranger to controversy or crisis management, said it appeared Mr Morrison had been badly advised On New Year's Eve, as large swathes of the NSW South Coast and Victoria's east burned, Mr Morrison was criticised again for holding an exclusive Sydney Harbour party at Kirribilli House. On New Year's Eve, as large swathes of the NSW South Coast and Victoria's east burned, Mr Morrison was criticised again for holding an exclusive Sydney Harbour party at Kirribilli House Ms MacSween said Mr Morrison had erred last month by taking a holiday without issuing an announcement to the media. Unlike Mr Morrison, the Liberal premiers of NSW and South Australia, Gladys Berejiklian and Steven Marshall, have deferred their annual leave as bushfires destroyed large areas of their states 'You see, rather than be upfront about taking a break and issuing the usual media statement that outlines when he's off and who is standing in under 'acting arrangements', the PM's office chose not to be upfront.'