.ScottMorrisonMP has defended his government's emission reduction policies, and says Australia may need to review its hazard reduction laws as the country grapples with an “extraordinary” fire season
PM calls for changes to hazard reduction laws amid criticism of the Coalition's climate change policiesThe prime minister said Australia may need to review its hazard reduction laws as the country grapples with an “extraordinary” fire season. In NSW, nine people have died and the Rural Fire Service said 382 homes have been lost on the South Coast since New Year's Eve - and just under 1,300 homes have been destroyed across the state this bushfire season.
“Other issues of how you manage hazard reduction are important, because as you say, the impact, more broadly of climate change on these issues has a pronounced effect on the length of the fire season,” he said. That, equally then has a need to address issues around hazard reduction for national parks, dealing with land clearing laws, zoning laws and planning walls around people’s properties and where they can be built in countries like Australia, up and down the coast”.
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