WITH bushfires a hot topic of discussion this year, the old issue of high fuel loads on public land and bureaucracy stalling hazard reduction burns is starting to show its face again.
Large parts of New South Wales and Queensland are facing an increased risk of fires with a dry summer forecast and plenty of fuel grown in the past three wet years.
Fires have well and truly started in the Northern Territory, with a monster blaze in the Barkly region burning for the past month.
The ‘black summer bushfires’ of 2019-20 are fresh on the minds of many, including the Federal Government which…
