The 60-year-old married father of two was in November commended for 40 years service with the forestry agency. “Although we do have enormous experience in identifying hazardous trees, sometimes these tree failures can’t be predicted,” Hardman said. The crisis has brought accusations that Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative government needs to take more action to counter climate change, which experts say has worsened the blazes. Another junior lawmaker Craig Kelly has also publicly denied any link between climate change and fire crisis. Our party room has a broad range of views,” Morrison said of those within government ranks who reject mainstream climate science.

Source: thestar January 12, 2020 00:00 UTC