Prime Minister Scott Morrison has acknowledged a horror start to the bushfire season and weeks of smoke haze hovering over Sydney as a 'national disaster' | nickbonyhady
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has acknowledged a horror start to the bushfire season and weeks of smoke haze hovering over Sydney as a "national disaster" and moved to assure people his government is taking climate change seriously.
"The drought is obviously - and the dryness of the bush is the biggest factor and we all know, as I acknowledged earlier this year in February, that climate change, along with many otherMr Morrison moved to assure people he was listening to concerns about the haze that has settled over Sydney and said "the country is coming together to deal with the firefighting challenge we have".
Instead, he said climate change might be a structural influence on the trend of bushfires but cited a 2015 report saying the science was unsettled.gripping much of eastern Australia, Senator Canavan said he had an "open mind about it".
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