Matt Kean has lashed out at the government, saying it's clear that climate change is causing the unprecedented bushfires, and politicians must start listening to scientists
A senior NSW Liberal Minister has broken ranks to call for stronger action on climate change and criticised those that treat the issue as a"matter of religion" rather than science.
"Let's call it for what it is, these bushfires have been caused by extreme weather events, high temperatures the worst drought of living memory - the exact type of events scientists have been warning us for decades that would have been caused by climate change," Mr Kean told the audience.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said now was the time to focus on supporting the victims of bushfires and firefighters, rather than having"philosophical debates" about what caused the bushfires. But Mr Kean said he was not going to wait until the end of summer to have a"meaningful conversation" about the causes which he said was necessary in order to begin to address them.
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