As they should, at News:
NSW hasn’t even entered what’s traditionally the most devastating period of bushfire damage.
“We’ve got the worst to come,” former NSW fire commissioner Greg Mullins told news.com.au.
…“So we need to brace ourselves. If we don’t get summer storms to wet everything down, we are in dire straits.”
Mr Mullins, along with 22 other retired fire and emergency service chiefs, predicted this would be a horror year and urgently sought a meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in April.
…“You don’t need a crystal ball, when you’ve been doing it this long, you know the indicators and it was very clear.”
He also dismissed commentary that it was not the right time to talk about climate change, sledging our political leaders in the process.
“It’s exactly the right time. Parliament is not sitting and politicians have no operational role in responding to fires so what else are they going to do?” he said.
“They are basically on holiday at the moment”.
It will be intereting to see how the polls track from here. Can’t be good for Scummo, though Paul Keating is doing his best to ensure minimal damage.
Between climate change and the CCP, I am tempted to reach for the tin foil hat.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
- Chinese data misses big, economy slows fast - April 16, 2021
- Will Bitcoin destroy the US dollar? - April 16, 2021
- China’s little finaincal crisis rolls on - April 16, 2021
YOU MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN
Climate Council alarm grows
Another day, another alarming scientific climate
Morrison Government gas-led recovery corrupt, bullying
The Morrison Government's "gas-led recovery" has
Labor to roll out community batteries
Readers will know that the MB view of the uptake
Australian Academy of Science: Nation faces climate doom
Australian Academy of Science: Full report
Smoked ham.
Unfortunately, Mullins is wasting his breath. When it comes to climate change and basically anything else, the LNP know all the answers?
No, but their sponsors do.
The answers lie back in time
(in the bible, from where many prayers may be sent. tremendous amount of prayers)
Many typos today
What an epic burn by Mullins.
Northern Rivers, I’ve never seen so dry. No rain (serious) forecast until Feb-Mar (depending who you talk to). Dad was saying they’re having to use seawater for the fires up the sunny coast and beyond. There’s just no water. What happens when they dip into town water (lotta dams dry) and then there’s no rain and no town water (including for the non town water folks rapidly running out of water). Go long water tanks, pumps and plumbers. (And rainmaking equipment)
Good luck getting that Nardi fire under control, or the Woodenbong one. Not to mention the epic sized MNC and slopes/tablelands. Will just keep burning and burning. I don’t think too many people in the cities appreciate how bad it is.
We’re basicallyliving with a 2 pack a day smokes habit with the endless smoke, thank christ we’re close to the coast.
It’s like the words from Bombtrack. A portent all the way back from 1990.
There are no fires in Macquarie Street, so it’s all good?
Yep, Gladys cut $40 from the Firies Budget in the last two years.
Maybe NSW Government will privatize the fire brigade too soon?
Go long Tin Foil Hats
Between climate change, the CCP, Scummo and his “quiet Australians” I’m tempted to move countries.
NZ is looking good….
Good choice bro.
There’ll be no charge in the polls. Australians are too fvck stupid to realise what’s happening around and to them.
This !
Some fires in Sydney might change things up.
(Respectfully) disagree. Slomo didn’t win the last election, Labor lost it with their last minute class warfare on franking credits and Shorten’s general slippery & rubbery demeanour. if they put up a half decent alternative (hint: not Albo) then Slomo and the LNP would find themselves in serious trouble. That said, from where I’m sitting right now it looks like it ain’t gonna happen.
Yeah… You wouldn’t think it is that hard to come up with something viable that has some stamina and appeal. But nothing but blandness as far as the eye can see…..