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Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can't afford to do it. It's time we subsidised fire prevention

  • Written by David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Once again, Australia is on fire. This year it’s the turn of Western Australia and South Australia, where bushfires are threatening homes and lives. In the south of Tasmania, conditions are dry and the region is entering a period of peak fire danger.

In the lead up to every bushfire season, the mantra is the same each year:...

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