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In fact, there's plenty we can do to make future fires less likely

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
In fact, there's plenty we can do to make future fires less likelyIt's in our power to influence the climate by influencing the nations who help determine the climate.Victorian government

One of the dominant ideas buzzing around the internet is that there’s little we can do to escape the prospect of more frequent and worse bushfires - ever.

That’s because there’s little we can do to slow or...

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