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UK Foreign Office minister repeats bogus claim arsonists started Australian bushfires

“Victoria Police said: "There is currently no intelligence to indicate that the fires in E. Gippsland & the NE have been caused by arson/any other suspicious behaviour” mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
“Claims that there had been 183 arrests for arson since the "start of the bushfire season" have also been rubbished, as the figures come from September 2019- before the start of this season

Wheeler tries to wriggle out of it saying she was only reporting what was on social media
She’s a FO Minister FGS.

The only context she should be quoting false social media accounts is by saying “Social Media accounts suggesting the fires are attributable to arson are false. The established view is that climate change is causing these fierce fires”
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