Is Australia doing enough to prevent "catastrophic" bushfires?

A firefighter defends a property from a bushfire at Hillville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on 12 November, 2019.

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The current bush fire emergency in Australia has been aggravated by alleged arson cases. Meanwhile the air in Brisbane is of very low quality due to the bush fire smoke pushed northward by the wind. We talked about it this morning with listeners and experts.



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