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Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered firefighting? @MichaelWestBiz does some much-needed digging. The truth will shock. Bad enough to be saddled with a climate-denying gov but cost-cutting is the main reason why this inferno is now out of control
Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered firefighting? @MichaelWestBiz does some much-needed digging. The truth will shock. Bad enough to be saddled with a climate-denying gov but cost-cutting is the main reason why this inferno is now out of control
“How come we only had 4 trucks to defend our town?” pleaded distressed resident of Cobargo to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “I’m not going to shake your hand until you give the RFS more funding,” another woman from Cobargo, Zoey, told the PM. Little did they know the truth.
Michael West found that spending on equipment dipped significantly in the years leading up to this terrible summer, and also that spending on “fire mitigation work” had fallen significantly. 
I've been asked multiple times on what I think the impacts of these fires will have on our alpine flora and fauna. #BushFireCrisisAustralia (1/19)
Broadly, fire in the alps is more common than what most people think. Historically, a fire at a given location in the alps occurs every 50-100 years (2/19).
Previous fires (e.g. 2003) have shown us that the majority of the vegetation in the treeless and snow gum woodland has a strong capacity to resprout post-fire. We also know that some vegetation types are much more flammable than others. (3/19)
So far, during the #AustralianBushfiresDisaster
@ScottMorrisonMP has ignored catastrophic warnings, shown no leadership, has made major embarrassing gaffes and been derelict in his duty.
He must resign now or a #libspill
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
@ScottMorrisonMP has ignored catastrophic warnings, shown no leadership, has made major embarrassing gaffes and been derelict in his duty.
He must resign now or a #libspill
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
@ScottMorrisonMP ignored warnings of catastrophic fire season, refused to meet with 23 former fire chiefs, defended decision by saying he prefers to listen to 'fire chiefs that are in their jobs now'
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
abc.net.au/news/2019-11-1…
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
abc.net.au/news/2019-11-1…
Then @ScottMorrisonMP rejected calls to compensate firies, said the volunteer firefighters 'want to be there'
He later back-flipped under intense pressure.
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
theguardian.com/australia-news…
He later back-flipped under intense pressure.
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#auspol #AustralianBushfiresDisaster #ResignMorrison
theguardian.com/australia-news…
