Bushfire risks heat up, demanding new take on fuel load management
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New scientific findings that overturn traditional assumptions about fuel load management indicate that climate change is reducing the effectiveness of hazard reduction burning.
During the 2019-20 black summer fires Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised concerns over the scale of hazard reduction, which is managed by state governments, and called for a national approach that was aimed at shaming states into action.
The 2019-20 Black Summer fires claimed 33 lives, 3000 homes and left thousands homeless.