The Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday officially declared an El Nino weather event, which brings hot, dry weather and increases the risk of heat exhaustion and bushfires. The unseasonably hot and dry conditions are being felt across southern Australia, with temperatures peaking at 8C-16C above average across much of South Australia, NSW and Victoria. “That doesn’t come down to the last couple of months, that’s the last three years that we should have been preparing.” “It’s a lack of investment in paid workforces to make sure that land management is a priority and that’s across national parks, state forests … I think that would be the frustration that land management is still not a priority. “The frustration stems not with our local Rural Fire Service, who are a largely volunteer group doing as much work as they possibly can when weather permits,” she told ABC Radio. Ms McBain understood resident’s frustrations with the lack of action on land management and mitigation in the lead up to this bushfire season. Local Government Minister Kristy McBain, who represents the Eden-Monaro electorate heavily impacted by 2019/20 bushfires, said communities were fearful of what was to come this summer. Authorities have declared an extreme fire danger for the Greater Hunter and Greater Sydney regions on Wednesday, with temperatures in the mid-30s and gusty winds expected.Ī catastrophic fire danger warning is also current for the far south coast of NSW as residents fear a recurrence of the state’s worst black summer of bushfires in 2019/20.
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