Thread by @abc730

What was actually in the air you were breathing during the #bushfires haze? #abc730 @lucethoughts @kirstenrobb abc.net.au/news/2020-03-1…

“Over the last few months we've seen huge improvements with a lot of our burns victims … Now all [the #koalas] are in outside enclosures. Most of them, I think all except one, no longer have bandages.” - Sue Ashton, president of Port Macquarie @koala_hospital. #abc730 #bushfires

This fire season and drought have pushed #koalas closer towards being officially listed as endangered, with estimates of up to 10,000 killed this summer alone. #abc730

“We set up a GoFundMe account at the suggestion of a member of the public, and we set as the target $25,000 and we reached $7.5 million.” - Sue Ashton, president of Port Macquarie @koala_hospital. #abc730 #bushfires #koalas

For 25 years researchers have been fighting to bring a tiny flock of glossy black cockatoos, that only exist on Kangaroo Island, back from the brink of extinction. The December fires destroyed more than half their habitat. #abc730

“Kangaroo Island has always been this haven for so many species that are declining on the mainland. If half the refuge just disappears, this could have huge implications for a whole suite of species.” - Karleah Berris, Cockatoo Recovery Program. #abc730

Couple Rachael Neumann and Shalev Nessaiver, who were expecting their first child, were so concerned about the smoke haze in Canberra over summer that they decided to move to Melbourne. #abc730 #bushfires

"It got to the point where we were barricading ourselves in our bedroom, sealing the vents and the tops and the bottoms of the doors. It's just not safe for anyone, regardless of being pregnant or not."– fmr Canberra resident Shalev Nessaiver on the smoke haze. #abc730 #bushfires

“We've all been part of a big mass experiment on populations and I think time will tell how bad it is.” - atmospheric chemist Prof Clare Murphy, @UOW, on the smoke haze. #abc730

“It's not just the particles in the smoke that they need to worry about. There are a lot of toxic gases like formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide.” - atmospheric chemist Prof Clare Murphy, @UOW, on the smoke haze. #abc730

Exclusive figures provided to 7.30 by @TheAusInstitute show that if emissions don’t change, the annual number of hot days will rise substantially. For example by 2070, Sydney will experience up to 20 days over 35 degrees, Melbourne can expect 22, and Canberra 25. #abc730

In an @Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for 7.30, 65 per cent of people said yes, they believe the Federal Government needs to change its policy on carbon emissions in the wake of the recent #bushfires. #abc730