Arson? Lack of hazard reduction? Nothing new? This video looks at what fire chiefs and scientists say is the REAL cause of the 2019-2020 fires in Australia, in response to amateur theories proposed by media commentators and bloggers. CORRECTIONS:
1) My apologies to the people of Bourke for my mispronunciation of their town name (it rhymes with 'Turk' not 'torque.') I have never been there, but living on the east coast I've heard it pronounced both ways. So I assumed that either was acceptable, and went with the one Heller chose for the sake of continuity. My thanks to all those who corrected it.
2) The police report on the screen shows 53 legal actions for failing to comply with the fire ban, I accidentally said 57 in the voiceover.
SOURCES:
1:06 --
1:27 -- Chris Kenny, Sky News
1:33 – Terry McCrann, Herald Sun
1:47 --
2:23 – Tony Heller, youtube.com/watch?v=rxJTZvRl13Q
2:53 --
3:06 – Ibid.
See also “Australian Climate Trends” Bureau of Meteorology, Feb 2018
3:50 -- youtube.com/watch?v=rxJTZvRl13Q
4:33 -- www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201912/html/IDCJDW2016.201912.shtm
4:57 -- Paul Joseph Watson
6:32 -- www.3aw.com.au/no-silver-bullet-another-authority-talks-down-controlled-burns-as-australian-fire-prevention
8:28 –
9:00 --
9:16 – “Bushfire Weather in Southeast Australia: Recent
Trends and Projected Climate Change Impacts” – Lucas et al., Sep 2007
For a worldwide perspective, see also “Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013” – Jolly et al Nature Communications 2015
9:48 -- “Changes in Australian weather between 1973 and 2010” – Clarke and Lucas, International Journal of Climatology 2012
10:08 -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbyBKGc_T1Y&t=2634s.
10:38 -- Paul John Watson
10:48 -- Australian Institute of Criminology stats tabulated by Fairfax media
11:13 -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jAXAf3-4SE
11:16 – James Delingpole, Breitbart News
12:02 --
12:23 -- www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/news_article?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGODIyNjQuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D
13:46 --
14:06 -- www.3aw.com.au/no-silver-bullet-another-authority-talks-down-controlled-burns-as-australian-fire-prevention
14:12 -- www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/victoria-police-rejects-social-media-campaign-claiming-arson-caused-fires-20200108-p53pwj.html
15:07 --
16:24 -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbyBKGc_T1Y&t=2634s
17:21 –
17:46 -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoEYok70dxQ 1
19:33 -- www.3aw.com.au/no-silver-bullet-another-authority-talks-down-controlled-burns-as-australian-fire-prevention
20:17 --
20:43 -- www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-07/fuel-reduction-burn-debate-rubbish-says-vic-fire-chief/11849522
22:29 -- Chris Kenny, Sky News www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJEavnE15lI
22:49 -- Dr. Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick, senior researcher on climate at the UNSW, interviewed for BBC Science in Action.
23:24 -- “Deluge and drought: Australia’s water security in a changing climate” – Climate Council, 2018
24:09 – Dr. Andy Pitman comments broadcast on ABC Media Watch
25:53 --
28:03 -- “What causes southeast Australia’s worst droughts?” -- Ummenhofer et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 2009
28:13 – “Climate change contributes to more frequent consecutive positive Indian Ocean Dipole events” – Cai and Cohen, Geophysical Research Letters, 2009
29:44 -
34:10 - www.businessinsider.com.au/australian-bushfires-cost-economy-surplus-government-spending-2020-1
www.fiveaa.com.au/news/supermarket-food-prices-are-expected-go-because-bushfires
See also “Big firms at risk if drought isn’t broken soon” The Australian, Sep 11 2019
35:40 – “Garnaut Climate Change Review” 2007
35:35 -- “National Inquiry on Bushfire Mitigation and Management” – Ellis et al., 2004
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