The Liberal leader returned to Sydney on Saturday night and on Sunday morning confirmed he had been in Hawaii with his family on a trip that was planned six weeks ago. "If we had our time over again and with the benefit of hindsight we would have made different decisions," Morrison told reporters in Sydney. More than 105 fires were still burning across NSW on Sunday, with 59 considered uncontained and one burning at an emergency level. "Today is thankfully expected to be much cooler for large sections of NSW, which will be a welcome reprieve. However, many communities away from the coast will still experience significant heat," the Bureau of Meteorology said in a tweet.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 21, 2019 21:37 UTC