‘Could bushfires of 2019-20 be repeated without lessons learned being addressed? ARPI raises an alert that the answer is still ‘yes’ in October 2020. Improvements in preparedness, while showing signs of change, are not matched by fundamental preventive action, nor a move to more effective, national co-ordination. ‘Who is responsible?’ and ‘what is happening?’ remain primary concerns. CLICK TO READ RELEASE
