The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements is holding an online ceremonial hearing today.
A royal commission into Australia's unprecedented bushfires is pushing ahead to get advice to government before the next fire season.
"We go through the cycle of a devastating bushfire, it seems to sort of get forgotten, nothing happens and in years to come we're faced with the same thing," she said. Former Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner Greg Mullins, from the Climate Council, said climate change and how it is driving extreme weather must be a central part of the royal commission."I've been fighting fires for decades and there has never before been a season like the one we just experienced," Mr Mullins said.
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