Australia PM rejects idea of setting up charitable fund to rebuild Notre Dame cathedral

 Australian government on Tuesday, April 16 rejected idea of setting up a charitable fund for those who want to help rebuild  tre Dame cadral in Paris after a devastating fire rd through iconic 12th-century church.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday said "It's a pretty special place and to see it in flames today was just really s. Paris is an eternal city and it will rebuild and it will restore." 

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However, he dismissed a suggestion by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull that government should set a charitable fund for people who wanted to donate to tre Dame restoration efforts.

"I'm sure that President Macron is able to deal with this as is  Catholic Church and, if individual Australians want to do something, well, it's a free country - y can do whatever y like," he said , ding "We're t making a government fund." 

Turnbull h said re was precedent for establishing a charitable fund, along with a possible direct government contribution.

infer destroyed roof of 850-year-old UNESCO world herit landmark, whose spectacular Gothic spire collapsed as orange flames and clouds of grey smoke billowed into sky.

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Pledges to donate millions of euros in cash and materials poured in Tuesday in aftermath of massive fire.