MELBOURNE - Families, firefighters and politicians gathered in a solemn public ceremony in Sydney on Sunday to honour the 25 people killed in recent bushfires that tore through the country's most populous state.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who thanked those who fought the blazes and honoured those who died, spoke of"children kissing the coffins of their fathers" and"mothers who should have never had to bury their children". Mr Morrison has drawn public anger for his refusal to directly link the bush fires to climate change, insisting removing flammable vegetation is"just as important, if not more".
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