Bushfires usually start in October, when Australians are preparing for the southern hemisphere’s summer. In 2019 the season began in July
THE BUSHFIRES eased over Christmas. But as 2020 approached, Australia’s inferno blazed anew. In the state of Victoria, thousands of people fled to the seashore on New Year’s Eve as fires ringed the coastal town of Mallacoota. Samuel McPaul, a volunteer firefighter, died earlier in neighbouring New South Wales when a “fire tornado”, as colleagues described it, overturned his vehicle.
In early December former fire chiefs called for an “emergency summit” on dealing with the growing threat of wildfires amid global warming. Scott Morrison, the prime minister, had different plans. Instead he took his family on a holiday to Hawaii, without any public announcement. After a public outcry, and the deaths of two firefighters during his absence, he returned just before Christmas.
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