U2 frontman and humanitarian Bono has blasted Tony Abbott for not joining the global fight against Ebola, labelling the government's decision to not send medical workers to West Africa 'outrageous' and 'not very Australian.' The singer criticised the Prime Minister's failure to respond to the outbreak of the deadly disease 'at the source' during an interview on 60 minutes. '(Politicians have) got to account for their actions, including your Prime Minister,' Bono said. 'I thought it was outrageous, the idea that you wouldn't send medical workers to West Africa.' 'This is just not the Australia that I know.' Scroll down for video
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Bono has criticised the Australian government's 'outrageous' actions
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Frontman lambasted Tony Abbott for not providing aid to West Africa
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Said the government's response is 'not the Australia I know'
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Bono also addressed the government's budget recent cuts to foreign aid
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UN reached out to Bono for help in raising awareness and funds for Ebola
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Bono is the co-founder of ONE, which campaigns to end extreme poverty and preventable disease
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Australian Medical Association president Associate Professor Brian Owler calls on government to tackle 'humanitarian crisis'
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16 health care workers have been trained to go to west Africa to help Ebola patients
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The AMA do not know of the people involved or the training program
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Calls for mandatory quarantines at airports for people returning from affected areas
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Opposition leader Bill Shorten has also accused Prime Minister Tony Abbott of not doing 'enough to deal with this crisis'
He's called on the government to announce what it is going to do to help tackle the 'humanitarian crisis' overseas and what the plans are if a potentially infected person arrives in @placeholder.