Hazard reduction burns are 'not the panacea': RFS boss, page-94

I agree with you we must deal with the fact that we live on the driest populated continent something that has been pushed back to save money,if we don't do more FRB then when our forests catch fire they will be decimated by crown fires if we do more FRB we can limit the damage in mixed species forests and provide refuge for animals something parks services are just waking up to after these fires,in Ash forests if they burn they die well most of them will.
In this dry continent water should be our most prized resource and it has been managed poorly along with immigration planning and population distribution.