PM says link between extreme weather and climate change won’t change policy. Victoria and South Australia still under bushfire threat as NSW surveys damage. Follow the latest news and updates • Waiting for a megafire: the battle against Australia’s biggest blaze • Death toll rises as residents flee Lithgow • Lenore Taylor: Prime minister, you need a credible climate policy • Morrison returns from holiday and signals no change to climate policy 1.57am GMT Scott Morrison on the fatigue volunteers are facing:It’s obviously one of the many significant issues that the Commissioner manages with this incredible volunteer fighting force that is out there. But I gotta tell you, one of the things that Commissioner told me this morning just, again, just impressed me so much is when a call went out was yesterday for extra hands. An extra thousand firefighters showed up in response to that call. 1000. 1.56am GMT Scott Morrison on the scheduled March Coag:Well, the immediate needs as I said this morning, simply require the requests to come forward as they do through the regular meetings that are held of the fire chiefs and commissioners. The ministers responsible…they only met a few weeks ago. And what we need to do in March is to ensure that we deal with the recommendations that come out from many of the lessons that have come through these fires not just here in New South Wales, but in other states and territories as well that have been affected. Continue reading…
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