Sky News host Peta Credlin says 'any idea closing down coal-fired power stations' will somehow stop bushfires caused by lightning strikes and arson 'is just crackers'. Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin says "any idea closing down coal-fired power stations" will somehow stop bushfires caused by lightning strikes and arson "is just crackers". "It's human nature to think today's problems are the worst ever because memories are short and our sense of chronological history is poor," she said.
"So let's hope for rain, because that Australian perennial drought is the real culprit here, along with the Greens on local councils putting the kibosh on hazard reduction burns.
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