Police say the 47-year-old man went to a nearby ute to retrieve water but didn't return.
The man's friend found him unconscious in the vehicle and drove until he met police. The man died at the scene Image: News Corp Australia
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jurylady5 If only our government didn’t wait until yesterday to act. May he RIP
Is Richard Di Natale touring the fire grounds.
WB: Green ideas must take blame for deaths 2 3 4 200 suspected Arsonists 2019-20 Bushfires, Hmm. Arsonists are pyro-terrorist in my book & should be convicted for Terrorism
Did he die or was he killed? Seems like a significant distinction. To all those out fighting the fires, do your best to look after yourselves. Saving houses is great but we’d rather pay for a recovery effort than see more funerals.
Greens have got to go they are murderers now! This is an arsonist emergency 🚨
NEver forget that Sky News is complicit in spreading climate change ignorance to the Australian public. They are more responsible than the arsonists for these fires
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Respect 'indigenous forebears' and reduce Australia's fuel load: NSW Water Minister | Sky News AustraliaAmid the disastrous bushfires gripping many parts of the nation, the issue of hazard reduction and land management is one that requires everyone to “come together” because “things have got to change” says NSW Minister for Water Melinda Pavey.\n\nMs Pavey told Sky News, whilst she acknowledged “there is climate change” she recognised issues resulting from climate change would still be “faced throughout the rest of the planet” even if Australia “were the most perfect nation”.\n\n“We have changed land management practices”, she said, but in the face of “pointing the blame' Ms Pavey added “we will never stop bushfires in this nation”.\n\nMs Pavey said Australia has “a responsibility” to reduce the fuel load and respect the way Australia’s “indigenous forebears… managed our land”.\n\nImage: Viewpoint What crap I would also ask Melinda who owns Water. Is it free or just for sale? Who makes $ millions out of water. Is that how it is in section 100 of our true Constitution. Who has been in government the last 7 years nice try AustraliaBurning AustraliaOnFire Australians AustraliaBushfires auspol ScottMorrison ScottyFomMarketing
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‘We will never stop fires in this nation’: NSW water minister | Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales Water Minister Melinda Pavey says Australia will “never stop fires” ravaging the nation as she calls for better land management policies.\n\n“This drought has limited the opportunities to do hazard reduction over the past three years in particular,” Ms Pavey said.\n\n“We need to have a greater emphasis on mosaic land management.\n\n“We will never stop bushfires in this nation … but we do have a responsibility to keep that fuel load down around our urban interface, around our properties.”\n\nHer remarks come as many landholders blame a lack of hazard reduction in national parks for fuelling the bushfire crisis. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Qld police searching for two teens seen lighting fire WB: 200 suspected Arsonists 2019-20 Bushfires, Hmm. Arsonists are pyro-terrorist in my book & should be convicted for Terrorism: WB The PM ignored expert warnings about fire danger, took fundung away from essential services, went on holiday during emergency, yet there is nothing we can do......
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Firefighters converge on NSW for one of the most dangerous days | Sky News AustraliaFirefighters in New South Wales have spent the night strengthening containment lines and backburning ahead of one of the most dangerous days this fire season. \n\nHot and windy weather is expected to sweep across the state — with authorities predicting conditions worse than those on New Year's Eve. \n\nFirefighters from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are merging in NSW to help fight the fires.\n\nThousands of tourists and residents on the state's south coast and Alpine and Riverina regions have evacuated.\n\nThe Rural Fire Service said it's likely that some fires will move into untouched territory. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia A fire lit by an arsonist is not a 'natural' disaster. It is an act of domestic terrorism and these people should be treated no differently to any other terrorist Hope no more lives are lost. Total respect and awe for those on the front line. What a sad day.
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Holiday amid bushfires was ‘inexcusable’: NSW emergency services minister | Sky News AustraliaNew South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott has returned home early from a European holiday as the bushfire crisis grips his state. \n\nMr Elliott called his absence during the unprecedented bushfire season “inexcusable” — and admitted he should have put his Rural Fire Service family first.\n\nMr Elliot has been highly criticised for travelling overseas during the disaster just weeks after Prime Minister Scott Morrison was condemned for taking a family holiday in Hawaii. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Let's not forget Minister Elliott's other egregious failure - not delivering on his pledge to provide volunteer firefighters 'everything they possibly need'. Source: page 30, para. 1 at: He must resign, he has been so derelict in his duties that there is no other option. But in reality the libs never hold their own to account. Oh please make way his highnesses has returned. Release the doves !!
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Temperatures spike in NSW as fires rip through the state | Sky News AustraliaOver 100 fires are burning unabated in NSW, with the mercury in western Sydney and Canberra reaching unprecedented numbers.\n\nPenrith has reached its hottest temperature on record of 49C in the early afternoon while Canberra reached its record high of 43.6C, beating the previous record set in 1939.\n\nHot and windy weather is expected to sweep across the state — with authorities predicting conditions worse than those on New Year's Eve. \n\nFirefighters from Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory have travelled to NSW to help fight the fires. \n\nIn Nowra, smoke and ash is turning the afternoon sky black.\n\nFires are burning out level across the state, with the Green Wattle creek blaze burning north and west of Mittagong of a particular concern for firefighters.\n\nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said there is in excess of 3,000 personnel on the ground around the state — “the largest number we’ve ever had,” she said. \n\nImage: Julia Bradley\u002F_juliabradley\n\n Anyone see the irony is a network full of climate change deniers, saying these numbers are unprecedented? No unprecedented temperatures. You've just made it up.
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Queen sends her ‘thoughts and prayers’ to fire-ravaged Australia | Sky News AustraliaThe Queen has sent a message of condolence to all Australians amid the bushfire crisis — saying she is “deeply saddened” by the catastrophe and sends her “thoughts and prayers”. \n\n“I have been deeply saddened to hear of the continued bushfires and their devastating impact across many parts of Australia,” she said.\n\n“My thanks go out to the emergency services and those who put their own lives in danger to help communities in need.”\n\n“Prince Philip and I send our thoughts and prayers to all Australians at this difficult time.”\n\nImage: AP She knows about fighting fires, within her family. Sending her ThoughtsAndPrayers! We don't need THOUGHT and PRAYERS we need THE WORLD to DO SOMETHING! Action speaks louder than words! 😭😡 Nope not good enough she should be down here fighting the fires as well! itsthequeensfault AustralianFires
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