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‘They need more local resources’: greater co-ordination needed in wildfire response, Senate committee hears

While well below the 16 million hectares burned in the record-setting 2023 season, this year’s wildfire season was still the second-worst in terms of area burned since 1995.

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY
December 15, 2024

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‘They need more local resources’: greater co-ordination needed in wildfire response, Senate committee hears

While well below the 16 million hectares burned in the record-setting 2023 season, this year’s wildfire season was still the second-worst in terms of area burned since 1995.

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