"ourABC" is wheeling out the ex fire chief, page-62

"Am I right then in understanding that you feel great frustration in the Indian Ocean Dipole and other global weather events occurring when they did, delaying rains that could have neutralised an unfortunate political embarrassment for the PM? That is, if they had come a month earlier he could have claimed a political victory on the climate front over "leftists"?"

No you're completely wrong, sorry.
We were warned earlier in 2019 that there would be an extended dry due to the coincidence of both the I.O.D. and the S.O.I. occurring at the same time.
The ensuring drought conditions made for a tinderbox environment.
The lack of preparedness, lack of clearing fire brakes etc and whammo!
A few arsonists, careless people and dry lightning and hey presto - unprecedented fires.
Nothing to do with Leftists, Morrison, or the few remaining operating coal fired power stations.