A nationwide approach to hazard reduction burns and the threat of climate change will be examined by a royal commission into the bush fire crisis. The inquiry draft terms pinpointed the need to “prevent, respond and mitigate” future fires.
Labor called for a separate senate inquiry which has been refused on the basis it would “needlessly duplicate the efforts of other inquiries”.
Labor MP Anika Wells described the government’s focus on back-burning as an “ideological bent” that prioritised hazard reduction over emissions reduction.
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