Australia burns while we fight over how to better deal with bushfires

Vernon Graham
Updated January 9 2020 - 2:22pm, first published 8:00am
FOREST DEVASTATION: A bushfire almost obliterated this eucalypt forest on the Putty Road near Colo Heights north west of Sydney in late November.
FOREST DEVASTATION: A bushfire almost obliterated this eucalypt forest on the Putty Road near Colo Heights north west of Sydney in late November.

The horrendous end-of-year mega blazes - particularly in national parks along the Great Dividing Range in NSW - should trigger a complete rethink on bushfire mitigation in Australia but I won't hold my breath.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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