These bushfires are a historic event. Here is what we should learn from them | Cormac Farrell

As well as building more fire-resistant houses, we should be looking to Indigenous fire management practices for a long-term solution

With the ongoing bushfire crisis, it is clear that we are in the middle of a historic event that will change the way we manage fire in the Australian environment.

As a bushfire protection scientist, I am mostly focused on the practical problems these major events have given rise to, what went wrong or right, how we can solve these and prepare for the future.

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