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Prime Minister Defends Government Response to Bushfire Crisis

A destroyed home outside Woodside  in Adelaide, Sunday, December 22, 2019. The Cudlee Creek fire has burnt through 25,000 hectares within a 127 kilometre perimeter in the Adelaide Hills. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING

A destroyed home outside Woodside in Adelaide, Sunday, December 22, 2019. Source: AAP

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended his government's response to the bushfire crisis, amid calls for greater climate action.


Mr Morrison has acknowledged climate change may be affecting the severity of fires, but believes stopping coal mining or setting stricter emissions targets will not have an impact on global warning.


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