One year on from South Australia s bushfire crisis, is the state any more prepared?
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A bushfire approaches the town of Parndarna on Kangaroo Island.
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The first anniversary of South Australia s deadly bushfire crisis that engulfed the Adelaide Hills and then Kangaroo Island is, for the communities involved, a time for reflection but also for reckoning.
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Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills residents worry not enough has been done after last summer s bushfires
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It s 10.30 on a Saturday morning in October and a Porsche Macan, a Mercedes GLE and a mud-splattered Range Rover Vogue follow each other down a pine tree-lined gravel driveway. They park and the occupants emerge, sizing up their competition in the process.