The world's lack of action on climate change and environmental protection – including the inaction of our own government – is costing all of us a great deal. Communities in NSW and Queensland are paying that cost right now, and there are widespread predictions that things will worsen as summer looms. It is a global problem with fires burning in countries that have never before had fires, and a massive escalation in fire problems elsewhere, such as California.
There is another, more far-reaching cost than the human impact: destruction of natural ecosystems and our fragile environment. Fires are burning in places where they never used to burn; places that are not adapted to fire and which therefore cannot easily recover. The world heritage-listed, high altitude rainforests of the. The area has remained largely unchanged for millions of years - one of the last remnants of the ancient Gondwana rainforests that once covered the entire continent.
Our brave firefighters, volunteer and paid, will face off against the flames no matter what. But they need a lot more help in the form of deliberate action on climate change to slow down the climate emergency, more federal funding for specialist equipment like large firefighting aircraft, and a stop to cuts that affect the firefighting capabilities of agencies like the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Another long and dangerous bushfire season is likely. As sensitive ecosystems burn, and communities are threatened, we will hear the platitudes of concerned politicians – concerns that are no doubt genuine. It’s time to see that matched by action before the event: in the form of genuine policies on climate change and protection of our unique environment.
It's only Spring, what will happen if Summer comes, it's a worrying!
Bushfire global warming alarmists have ‘memory of a goldfish’
I voted against the climate denier/sceptic f*ckwits...and they still won the election. 🤷🏻♂️
jessradio Relax, total global area affected by fire has been decreasing in the last two decades.
Bunch of monkeys! They were lit by fire bugs! What kind of bullshit journalists work at Fairfax?
Funny about that
Maybe “2 boys and 2 girls” weren’t suspected of arson before?
What absolute rubbish.
RitaPanahi MRobertsQLD OneNationAus Bolt_RSS 369369RV Fake News Alert SMH have lost the plot😂😂
It’s too devastating to read to the end. A few years ago as I uttered these warnings to work colleagues I was considered the weirdo. Now I can’t bear to read the fulfilment of my predictions.
We Logical Thinking People Know Climate Hoax Hysteria is Fake News spread by Political Biased FakeNews MSM spinning BOM Fake Theories+DiNatalie/Greens LIES linking fires to Climate Change shows their sheer STUPIDITY!😂 WeThePeople Now source real FACTS🤥
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*Note for us logical thinking people to remember: Climate Change HOAX Hysteria does not light fires➕ Di Natalie/Greens LIES linking fires to Climate Change shows their sheer STUPIDITY➕The Paris Climate Agreement Won't Change the Climate 🌞 WeAreAwake
And this is why this is so much more important that made out to be, this is humans fault, we are all to blame. All of us. Not all plants come back from fires, and not all areas were meant to tolerate burning.
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