Australia is in the midst of inconceivably bad bushfires. The death toll is rising, thousands of buildings have been destroyed and whole communities displaced. This scale is like nothing before, and our national response must be like nothing that has come before.
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| Australia needs a nationally mobile, fully-funded emergency management workforce. |
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday somewhat acknowledged the need for unprecedented action. He took the extraordinary step of calling up 3,000 Australian Defence Force reservists and mobilising navy ships and military bases to aid the emergency response. This has never before happened in Australia at this scale.
Read the story from The Conversation by the Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences from the University of Sydney, Dale Dominey-Howes - “Australia can expect far more fire catastrophes. A proper disaster plan is worth paying for.”
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