Prime Minister Scott Morrison has addressed Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis and the Government's response in an extended sit-down interview with ABC Insiders host David Speers.

During the half-hour interview, Mr Morrison was asked if he would accept that his Government could have done more to heed the warnings and prepare for this bushfire season and whether Australia needed to do more on climate change.

These are some of the key moments.

1. Scott Morrison concedes there are things he 'could have handled much better'

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds 1 m 5 s Some Cobargo residents refused to shake Scott Morrison's hand, others hurled abuse at him.

Mr Morrison told Speers the bushfire zones "are sensitive, emotional environments" and that there are things on the ground he could have handled differently.

"Prime ministers are flesh and blood too in how they engage with these people," he said.

"When I went there, I went there in good faith with [wife] Jenny on occasions, to provide what consolation I could.

"They're very strained environments … you would do things differently and learn from every event but the important thing is the actions we have taken."

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds 3 m 22 s After his visit to Cobargo, Mr Morrison said he understood the "very strong feelings" people had.

2. He will propose a royal commission into the bushfire disaster

The Prime Minister says he will take a proposal to establish a royal commission into the bushfire disaster to Cabinet.

Mr Morrison says the inquiry will need to look at how the Commonwealth steps in and offers support as well.

"I think that is what would be necessary, and I will be taking a proposal through Cabinet to that end," the Prime Minister told Speers.

"But it must be done in consultation with the states and territories."

3. The PM signalled the Coalition's climate policy could change

Mr Morrison was asked specifically whether the Government would be open to moving its 2030 emissions reduction target.

The current policy involves Australia cutting carbon emissions by 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2030.

In response, he said the Cabinet and the Government "will continue to evolve our policies to meet our targets and to beat them".

"We want to reduce emissions and do the best job we possibly can and get better and better and better at it," he said.

"I want to do that with a balanced policy, which recognises Australia's broader national economic interests and social interest."

According to political reporter Jane Norman, this is something that the Government has not really committed to before.

"Perhaps [it] gives some indication about how much pressure it is under when it comes to climate change," she said.

"Also the Prime Minister acknowledging how much anxiety is in the community, which has been watching this bushfire crisis evolve over the past few months and knowing that we're still in summer … is an interesting sort of concession."

4. He was meant to holiday on the NSW South Coast but had to change plans

Speers addressed the criticism the Prime Minister has faced over his holiday to Hawaii during the bushfire crisis.

"In hindsight, I would not have taken that trip knowing what I know now," Mr Morrison said.

"One of the great difficulties in any job, as you know, David, is balancing your work and family responsibilities. It had been a very busy year.

"I'd made a promise to my kids and we'd taken forward that break, as I explained when I came back and I thought I was very up-front about my contrition on that."

When asked why he decided to holiday overseas instead of in Australia, Mr Morrison said "the irony of all of this was my original intention was to holiday on the South Coast for two weeks".

"I had to change that arrangement because I was supposed to be on my way to India for that visit to see Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, and then [Japan] Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe," he said.

"I had to bring forward my holiday with my family, and that was the reason for the change to that date.

"So it was a very unfortunate series of events."

Mr Morrison did not explain why he chose to holiday in Hawaii instead.

5. We could see the Defence Force play a much greater role much more quickly

Scott Morrison says state governments have worked closely with the ADF. ( Supplied: Department of Defence )

Mr Morrison said the scale of the bushfires was "unprecedented" and had created a situation in which Australians were demanding a greater response from the Federal Government than had been provided in the past.

He suggested part of that change in perceptions was in relation to the "Australian Defence Forces (ADF) to be able to take action".

"The point I'm making is the state governments have worked closely with the ADF and there is no criticism by me of that at all," Mr Morrison said.

"… The work done by the ADF has massively supplemented and boosted and amplified what the states have been able to do on the ground and I think there's been a lot of lessons learned there."