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Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews got it wrong. Here are 7 ways to get crisis leadership right

  • Written by Toby Newstead, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Tasmania
Daniel Andrews talks with the media during the COVID pandemic.

Five years ago, as Australia burned through the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires, then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison was photographed relaxing on a Hawaiian beach.

When he returned, his now-infamous words – “I don’t hold a hose, mate” – epitomised a crisis leadership approach that came across as being built on...

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