‘Isn’t this the role of government?’: Peter Dutton panned for setting up fundraiser for flood victims

Peter Dutton has been criticised for setting up a GoFundMe page for a flood-affected Queensland community, with one Labor MP suggesting it proved the Coalition was incompetent and couldn't deliver commonwealth support.

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, said on Sunday evening he did "not understand" the backlash to the fundraiser set up by the defence minister for the Pine Rivers community in his electorate.

"That sounds to me like someone doing their job," Morrison said in Brisbane on Sunday evening when announcing commonwealth-state disaster payments for flood-affected communities.

"As a local member of parliament, you always look to try and harness community support for responding to major disasters, that's what our job is - to work with our communities when they're in times of stress and times of need."

The Labor frontbencher Josh Wilson suggested it reflected the government's incompetence.

"Tell me you have no idea what a competent government does without telling me you have no idea what a competent government does," Wilson said on Twitter.

Morrison commended Dutton "for what he's doing" and insisted "I don't understand the criticism".