Utter garbage from the Guardian - whoever they are
Here is the reality that contributes to a lack of rational bush fire policy - "chickens that are coming home to roost".
Simple lessons from 200 years of bush fires too often ignored.
Post 1950's spread of housing into rural bush areas aided and abetted by loose subdivision laws allowing uneconomic sized rural blocks - disasters waiting to happen - and they have.
24/7/365 never ending Greens + their fellow travelers opposition to cool season burns at all levels of Govt.
State Govts legislated spread of National Parks and hostility to forestry.
The increase in GreenLeft compliant curriclae at all levels of our education system.
The increase in GreenLeft compliant staff in all levels of our public services and Universities.
Tertiary research Govt. funding dominated by climate change.
After 30 years of UN/IPCC global warming - climate change agit-prop magnified and spread by a 75% GreenLeft dominated media(50% taxpayer funded) - few policymakers have the guts to resist the climate changes memes.
Fast forward to our routine recent drought and nothing has been done to increase the pitiful low level of fuel reduction burns.
Large water bombers that do not fly at night despite that a lifetime ago we bombed at night in WWII and learned much useful technology that has hugely advanced over the ~75 years.
And here we are with all these GreenLeft compliant voices shouting in unison that climate change is causing the fires.
A fascinating few years ahead to see if "the Nation" has the brains to start taking constructive policy steps.
