On Monday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency in response to the ferocious bushfires that have so far claimed three lives.
The announcement comes after it was reported the Greater Sydney and Great Hunter areas are forecasted to face catastrophic fire conditions on Tuesday.
“Catastrophic conditions are where lives are lost,” NSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons explains.
“It’s where people die.”
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Your local branch of the SES provides valuable assistance to the firies during this time, so you could also donate to them, as they always need equipment and resources.
The other thing we could all do is not vote in Liberal party governments who ignore advice from experts, who cut fire budgets and who offer "thoughts and prayers" during the worst start to the fire season ever, rather than facing some hard truths. It's not even summer yet, it's going to get bad, people.
Good to know that there have never been any bushfires when Labor was in Government.
It's the fact that his government have stripped fire management funding and have ignored expert advice on how best to prepare for this season, which is tipped to be really bad, as already demonstrated. And then lied and blamed the Greens, when the Greens support fuel reduction burning and aren't in even in power, anyway. It's utterly pathetic. Maybe keep up with what is actually going on.