@ben

Australia has always had bushfires & high temperatures.
The media are scaremongering referring to them as "catastrophic".

However the lack of comprehensive "Bushfire Management", which the lunatic #Greens have opposed, is fueling the fires!!

The key strategy is to shift investment from fire suppression and fire recovery into preparedness and damage mitigation (including fuel reduction burning). The outcome of this revised policy will not be fewer fires, but fires that are smaller, less intense and thus easier to suppress.