Deputy PM attacks climate campaigners as 'raving inner city lunatics' over bushfires

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack meets Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crew members

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack meets Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crew members Source: AAP

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The bushfire crisis in New South Wales and Queensland has sparked a political war of words over whether climate change inaction has led to such catastrophic conditions.

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