Australia's Bush Fires Explained - TLDR News
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CORRECTION: Since we created the video on the Australian Bush fires it became clear one of the facts presented was incorrect. The number of arsonists arrested for bush fires used in the video isn't credible and for more check out this article bit.ly/2N8VEG
Thankyou, the incorrect number has been used simply to further a political agenda and is kind of offensive to most Australians
Link doesn't work for me.. Can someone else check?
@@Joso997 Yep, it's a dead link.
Also, the "half a billion animals dead" was just in New South Wales and is now a billion
@@kriseriksen4737 I guess his notifications are not working
You forgot to add that the Government refused to listen to fire chiefs warning to embark on hazard reduction burning in March last year. Not to mention the funding being stripped from rural fire services.
@Hungry Hippo Go home troll, you're drunk on false ideologies.
Jennifer Grant can you share me a news article about that at all? Legit interested in that.
Also the places that were burned were our carbon sinks, they are the reason we were going to meet targets.
Jennifer, I can’t comment for Victoria, but the RFS commissioner has said that the reports of funding being stripped in NSW are a load of BS. They’re enjoying record funding. I can’t confirm this, but I would assume the RFS commissioner would have the best knowledge
@Kayden kayden the american idiot - get back into your cage
As an Australian it may be difficult for me to remove myself from the politics of this, but there are a few omissions from the video which I think leaves only half the picture of what's been happening.
To give context, though the PM may have stated that they are sticking to current emissions targets, the current coalition party of government since 2013 has does everything in its power to delay, disrupt, and roll back key policies and funding that was originally enacted to combat rising emissions. The current PM is only in power because the previous PM in the same party tried to pass a bill that would address climate change and the deniers in the party triggered a leadership spill to stop it. To ignore this context is a detriment to the story as all people see are the things that the PM is saying, not knowing that there is literally no policy or funding in place to back it up.
Not to mention you missed the clip of Scott Morrison literally forcing a woman to shake his hand while she told him not to unless he funded the relief efforts properly, underpinning how weak the offer of funding for the bush-fires has been in comparison to past tragedies of a similar nature.
I get that you need to appear balanced, but that doesn't mean you need to leave out half the story.
As an Australian I affirm this statement
Focusing on local emissions only makes the issue worse anyway.
That's because the most effective way to reduce (local) emissions is to outsource everything in China, which is FAR from "green" (much less that any Western nation) and in the end results in more emission globally...
Exactly what I thought. "Fair and balanced" today means distorted beyond believe.
@@pcuimac Yes to be impartial one has to present the facts not try and appeal to both sides of the argument, where one side is bound to be wrong
Scotty from Marketing loves a good accounting dodge
Aussie here too. Sick of the fires now and the media here is only talking about the fires 24/7 - having to get WW3 news from other media agencies.
QUICK NOTE: All of the ad revenue this video makes will be donated to the Australian Red Cross. So more than ever please watch the video to completion and share with your friends. Let's raise as much as possible! - Jack
TLDR News I think the description is from a previous video
Great spot! Just fixed it thanks Jmbz03
The ~200 people charged with arson has been debunked by the ABC as police figures being taken out of context. The actual number arrested for deliberately lighting a fire was 24... Even fewer managed to spark large blazes. Arson should not be named as a main contributor to this disaster. Please amend and don't give the climate change deniers and greens bashers any more ammunition. The article is titled, "Fires misinformation being spread through social media".
Wait you're in Melbourne? Hiiiiiiii!
@@TLDRnews
8:25 Great video/presentation, one tiny mistake the CFA is The Country Fire Authority not the County Fire Authority, Victoria has county's but the fire authority's name refers to the Country areas of the state as in rural areas, citys in Victoria are covered by the The Metropolitan Fire Brigade or The MLB.
Those arson numbers aren’t quite correct, those numbers aren’t attributed to deliberate lighting of fires per-say but all related issues such as ignoring our total fire bans, mowing lawns, and dropping cigarette butts.
There is a small number, 20 or so I think of deliberate fire starting though.
I suppose "negligent arson" is technically a thing. Although interestingly, that's not the case in Australian law; Per the "What is arson" article in the Australian Institute of Criminology, intent or wilfulness and malice are required components for a crime to be classed as arson; unlike UK law, recklessness without intent apparently doesn't count as arson under Australian law.
@@DaWrecka Arson aside there are still penalties under law for breaking a day of Total Fire Ban including flickin' lit cigarette butts away (people throw 'em from their car window).
The point is, however, that a flicked cigarette butt (as bloody stupid as that is) or two doesn't result in fires consuming thousands of hectares of forest, without the climate conditions being so heinous (which leads from climate change).
@user_mac01 Oh, I'm not saying there's not penalties, just that it's apparently not classed as "arson" without malice.
@@SmarterThanMe Or, due to nearly 20 years of not doing brush clearing and back burning to make firebreaks, it leads to this disaster. A lot of Rural Australians were pointing out that the Govt. itself prevented them from avoiding this exact situation.
Australia: burns
Prime Minister: Ight, Imma head out
Accurate
I hate
When there people dying
And there PM just leave like those ppl r no one to him😡
Boris Johnson did the same thing during the 2011 London riots, nobody seems to have given a shit given that he got voted back in.
Edward Hunter
Boomers lack class consciousness... or any form of consciousness that is
Police in New South Wales released a statement disclosing that since Nov. 8, 2019, 183 people, including 40 juveniles, have been charged with 205 bushfire-related offenses. Of the 183, 24 people have been charged with deliberately setting fires. According to police, of the 183, another “53 people have had legal actions for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban,” and an additional “47 people have had legal actions for allegedly discarding a lighted cigarette or match on land.”
"24 people have been charged with deliberately setting fires" not 200 as some outlets are claiming
It is critical this 183 figure is corrected. A tiny MINORITY of fires are started by arson. Published data confirms this.
@Justin Mahon, agreed. The Australian newspaper appears to be playing with number as though how a bushfire starts has anything to do with the impact of climate change on the severity of the fires.
The arsonists are not delinquent juveniles, they are the companies and governments killing this planet for profit.
Do you, by any chance, have a match?
@@MrRecrute Could you imagine how much worse this would be if it had been cooler out?
The smoke has reached Chile too apparently
Yeah smoke has made it's way into Chile and Argentina
Sheesh! It’s fire all around! Good luck to Australia
Love from America.
Not apparently, really.
Probably won't be long till it reaches Cape Town.
Everything is gonna burn, we'll all take turns. I'll get mine too.
I am from East Gippsland, and am a long time fan of this channel. Thank you for your clear coverage of the event, without all the politics being thrown about.
David Kramme
But this is also largely a political issue no?
@@tacosmexicanstyle7846 Yes it is. But it is nice to get a legitimately non biased interpretation of the situation.
@@David_636 Oh!
Vidéo co-made by W.Disney & R.Murdoch?
You're kidding, Dave?
Pretty sure the 183 "arsonists" were not all deliberately setting fires, from what i remember 50+ of them were just arrested for discarding lit matches or cigarettes
That's true, the ABC fact checked the 183 and only 24 were found to have deliberately lit fires. Even fewer managed to spark large blazes.
Whether it was voluntary or not doesn't change much TBH.
Plus if I was an arsonist, I would probably just "discard a lit cigarette" until everything burns (assuming the sentence for that is lesser than for arson charge)
@@europeansovietunion7372 that may well be the case in some instances. Regardless the accuracy of information is still important, especially when that claim is used to try and understate the effects of climate change on this disaster.
@@mattfrench6393 Didn't climate change mitigate the disaster?
@@godzilla2k26 no it's likely made it worse
TH-camrs:
We gonna plant 20million trees.
Earth:
I am going to burn the whole Australia
Lol
You would need to plant that every day just to offset the USA emissions.
Actually it's more like:
TH-camrs:
We gonna plant 20million trees.
Earth:
I am going to burn about 5% of the area in a few states of Australia and the carbon sequestration from the natural regeneration of those fire adapted forests will do more good.
You guys are no fun
@Tacit Dionysus i know it’s late but why are you even trying to sound smart? all that your saying is bullshit
The crochet/knitting communities I belong to are all making pouches and blankets for the wildlife displaced or harmed by the fires, which is really nice :)
That 183 number of people. Most of those were people who stupidly ignored fire bans: throwing cigarettes out of cars etc. They were fined. Only 24 have been charged with deliberately lighting a fire.
I have been busy and uninformed on the subject matter and the tiny snippets of information in the established media were not helping but you take as long as is needed and your videos are thorough. You are really needed in this world of micro-snippets of information
You talking about solidarity nearly made me cry, though admittedly thinking about the Australian fires makes me teary. I’m from a part of Canada that gets a lot of fires. I can’t imagine what it must be like to have your whole country on fire.
You are right about solidarity - we need more of it!
This video is could be more critical, where is the mention of national park and RFS budget cuts?
Does the fire service even work to prevent fires? Or just fight them wherever they've started.
@@ASLUHLUHCE Yes they work very hard to prevent fires. They study past fires, have experts working out where to do hazard reduction etc etc. Every fire season they research and try to get better - the fires of 2009 in Victoria were heavily studied and prevention and response updated (as far as I am aware the terms e.g 'catastrophic fire warning' was new from there). As the video mentions this is not a new thing for Australia - the issue (as said by fire commissioners) was that the drought was so severe reduction burns were difficult and they could not do as many.
I've tried to find any credible sources for that but it seems that the 'cuts' are media misinformation and completely false.
@@92Pyromaniac look harder , more specifically Rural fire service and national park cuts
@@alexbeaven8532 The Commisioner has stated that is fake news re the RFS. NPWS, well thats another issue altogether.
Do not forget the work The Salvation Army is doing in Australia.
Australia : burning
Rain : sorry I hate you
The whole damn country is a massive tinderbox.
It always has been. It is a prodomentially a dry continent.
With those strange large rabbits
Yes, a tinder box of political reaction !
@8:32 Should be “COUNTRY Fire Authority” not “COUNTY Fire Authority”
A single organisation for a country the size of western Europe is not really viable, is it?
Snape it’s very decentralised
And all volunteers outside the metro area
@@snape1464 it means 'country' as in 'rural', rather than 'national'. It's for rural Victoria.
His British accent made him mess it up
It's pretty scary. I live in Western Australia and we're so fortunate to have only had one bushfire this year in need of an evacuation. I hope the Eastern states get some rain soon.
You could burry power lines , but that would require work.
We've had a couple days cool change but thats it. Heat and Wind are back on tomorrow.
@@user_mac0153 I hope you're keeping safe. We had a second evacuation order in one of our rural towns yesterday, but the weather conditions have been ideal to contain it. Can't believe how much of the country is ablaze 🙁
@@ShadowCrystallux
Less than 1%... And that's what has burned.
You're in Melbourne? Welcome :) The show of support from the international community has really been amazing. You forget how much good will there is for this country.
First of all thanks for the donations to Australia and the current disaster, a positive as support is needed and appreciated.
I get that maybe this is a British channel - and bound to leave out things or skip info, but spotted some pretty glaring omissions. Appreciate that you try and tackle this but given I watch this channel to hear and understand UK a bit better (and view it as a trusted source)- as an Australian, seeing so much was not properly checked up or presented here (I guess you want to "look balanced") has undermined the trust in this channel.
Trying to slide in 'Australia will meet its targets' from the PM but not mentioning the current performance at UN summit or other things in re to Aus climate policy etc just seemed like it was thrown in without proper thought or balance nor was it even explained in part to give context as it was. Also not really showing the true cause for the residents anger - which is more than just the PM going on holiday (it made the residents, who have suffered enough, look petty, when its not just the holiday and ad - but a whole range of issues that drew criticism and fuelled the outbursts, not least of which was how the volunteer firefighters were treated at the beginning of this crises- the lady refusing to shake his hand, which is usually included in the clip you showed- cut out here- had not asked for her town to get money in her first words with the PM - though she lost her house - but for the firefighters to have better funding - she then said 'we need help') and yes more demands came after from residents, which both sides can say more on - but that's my point - you did not in essence capture it. Maybe it would have been better to leave out some points altogether, focus on what you want to say with full backing (like the way Australia has bushfires, concerns around animals and economy, response from overseas - though btw NZ has sent more firefighters than any other country), rather than present only cut and paste snapshots of issues on the politics, that perhaps, giving you benefit of doubt here - you simply didn't have time in this video to do justice, to either side of the debate.
Once again I really appreciate you trying to support the bushfires and the disaster at hand - and I have appreciated this channel for months in what it brings to information regarding UK politics. But please keep your vids at that high level we've come to expect.
Money support will always only go into the pockets of those in power.
At what point does someone take direct legal action against Rupert Murdoch for his massive role in promoting policies that lead to disasters like this?
Like what policies?
Thank you for your support and coverage.
- from a Sad Aussie
Good luck in the land down under
-from a caring American
Hi Jack. Besides Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales, you forgot to mentioned that Queensland, North Terriority, Western Australia and Tasmania are experiencing their own bushfires. The cold hard reality is, as the planet warms, devasting bushfires in Australia will become a regular event.
With regards to changing weather patterns in the Indian Ocean, there is real concern on increasing warming of the stratospheric 30kms above Antarctica , known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW), will likely affect weather patterns around the southern hemisphere.
Besides Australia recording highest recorded temperatures in 2019, New Zealand has recorded its highest tempatures in the same period.
As someone who live in Melbourne (VIC) i've to say that 3 days ago i saw that huge smog going over all the CBD covering it like a Chinese polluted city....(exactly like the footage) it was even more worrisome the fact that North Eastern suburbs (Broadmeadows, Meadow Heights & Roxburg Park) were covered by the same smoke and the air smelled like a camp fire, i appreciate TLDR news to rise awareness and collaborate donating to fight this catastrophe. thousand thanks.
Chinese polluted city? Isn't it unfair to generalize? And why a specific country? China is not the only country that has had problems with pollution. Moreover, the government has come a long way to improve air quality, with buses running on electricity and advanced subway systems. Its cities are no longer among the most polluted in the world. It's sad this image still prevails. But people believe what they want to believe to make themselves feel better.
Excellent reporting.
In a statement of equality and climate justice, can you also do a video on the flooding of Indonesia. Over 60 people dead and hundreds of thousands have lost their homes
In Australia they are big on denying the man made climate heating catastrophe. Will these fires alter that ?
Jasmine Luxemburg that’s the hope
I’d like to add that the fundamental difference is that we are experiencing fires in areas that don’t traditionally burn like tropical and subtropical rain forests. These traditionally wet/moist forests that haven’t had fires for 100’s or 1000’s of years are so dry they’re burning for the first time since European settlement.
Rainforests in the hinterlands From behinds Coffs in NSW all the way up to lamington National Park in se QLD have burnt.
It’s not limited to ‘traditionally’ fire prone areas
New Zealand is also providing firefighters and now army support.
These fires are terrible, I pray that they are subdued quickly. I send Australia Love from Florida ❤️
I was near Newcastle, north of Sydney over xmas and the air quality of some days was so appalling with a sore throat and other symptoms. One fire at Wangi was 5 kms away but fortunately was brought under control.
I've seen a few articles today saying that the number of people charged with arson has been hugely exaggerated. would you mind sharing your sources?
The figure relates to those who have been caught behaving dangerously and includes arsonists, people who fail to follow 'total fire bans' and idiots who throw cigarette butts out of car windows.
@@83Ironside the video says that NSW has taken action against 183 people for deliberately lighting fires this season.
That is misleading and does not allow for the possibility of accident or negligence.
@@jennifermorris3832 I'm explaining why the number is so large.... it includes other categories, not just acts of arson.
Ordered my Australia badge today. Hoping all the best for those in Australia, and hoping to visit one day.
S
The fact that the Australian government continues to support and promote and profit from
the growth and expansion of the fossil fuel industry should be mentioned in relation to Morrison’s climate change stance.
Just to give some context: Australia is one of the World's largest coal producers, and users. Which is the reason why so many people in power there are reluctant to do anything to combat climate change. In the Madrid climate conference that was held a while back Australia was with most other major economies, Russia, USA, India, China, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, to agree on as little change as possible.
What do you make of the announcement that Labor leader Anthony Albanese (the main opposition to Morrison) said that banning Australian coal exports would actually increase global emissions. (Google - Australian Financial Review, Jan 17, 2020)
In olden days, arround 1970s, Australians used to burn the grass, bushes for every three years so that it prevents any major fires latter. What happened it to now?
Thank you for the fair and unbiased as video, especially as this topic is become a flame war.
Australia: Burns
TLDR: Creates Video
Me: Leonardo di crampio...
Im lucky to live in Queensland, which has been largely unaffected by the fire. I’m finding this whole ordeal frustrating as I feel like the mainstream media is gaslighting the nation into believing that climate change has no connection with this disaster.
Depends if it's local 7, 9 and 10 stations or national. It's Queensland after all. Our 7,9 and 10 stations (SA) are pretty much saying it's being made worse by climate change, as are sbs and abc.
Down if Vic it’s a 50/50 split - if you’re owned by Murdock it’s the greens fault, if you’re 7, 9 or 10 it’s not important, here’s a cute koala and some money. If it’s the ABC or SBS it’s “we’ve been telling you for years what the hell?”
It’s depressing to know that the best way to get bushfire coverage is from local news agencies the Financial Review.
My question is how the fire started
Arson, lightning, lit cigarettes, glass bottles... Many ways.
And there are many many fires
solidarity speaking: Australia's PM was in Vanuatu this septembre. And he refuser to change his politic-, as Vanuatu's PM was saying theirs Islands were sinking.
Ugly.
Sheesh! It’s fire all around! Good luck to Australia
Love from America.
In Gippsland right now. It's fairly safe where I am but whenever the smoke flairs up or it gets warmer, you do start to worry.
Igniting bushfires is a combination of deliberate, accidental and "suspicious" actions.
As an Australian living in New South Wales and around only an hour or so from some of the major fires, it is great to see the response from the international community being positive and truly amazing. The loss of animals and wildlife being reported here is just terrible and the smoke in the sky has been lingering for months. Most days at the moment its just a haze in the sky and a pink/red sun and its starting to get unbearable and most of us are just asking ourselves "can everything just go back to normal? Luckily most of my friends and family are safe where we are, but hearing the worry from some of my friends for their family members or even some of them living closer to the disaster is awful and so sad to hear. 2019 has been terrible for most of us and hopefully 2020 can bring something better and brighter down the track. When I heard over the news a few days ago about the potential of spot fires being possible near me, some of my friends and I were going to go out and meet up to have a good time together, and hang out like we normally would, but we decided to all stay home just in case the risk of spot fires potentially happening and so we were prepared to help out at home when needed. Us Australians are known for being "battlers" and caring for our "mates" and I hope that to be true for all if not majority of us. We are a kind and friendly bunch who may sometimes get a bit too loud or take a joke too far, but we try our best at everything and give it a go. Thanks to everyone's support I'm sure we will all get through it and we will not give up. Thank you to everyone who has lent a helping hand to the recovery from this disaster. I'm sure everyone's contributions will go a long way to helping the recovery process.
The recent fire incidents in Australia have become a hot topic in China. I hope animals can spend this disaster as soon as possible. As a Chinese, it is really heartbreaking to see this disaster.Good people who want to extinguish fire, pay attention to safety,
My dads place burnt down we were out in the bush behind his place a week before the fires talking about how much leaf litter was on the ground it was 2-3 feet deep my dad had been trying for years to get it backburnt it was always refused for some reason or another or an excuse made not to do so.. they allowed this to happen!
I'm in india, I feel so useless and sad seeing this 😢, and feel especially bad for the wildlife destruction that's going on. I really wish people (no matter their financial, racial and societal status) would open their damn eyes and realise (like seriously realise) we humans have only ONE EARTH!. This is our home, our origin, our everything!
India is the third largest co2 emitter.
Very long ago, I happened to see in a trailer of a movie that a tissue paper or something was placed on an empty glass bottle in a desert sun of Australia. Lo, after few hours the tissue bursted into flames.
You're in Melbourne? Where's our TLDR downunder channel?
Yaaaaaaaaaas you did a video on this!!!!
This is where all world army's technology most be!This is a big fucking shame of the world that we have trillions of dollar costs army, planes, ships etc for war but we don t have enough firefighter planes. The UN should have a big firefighter plane contingent.Also I cannot see the big international support. For example 300 firefighters went from the USA . These numbers are nothing. 300? they should send thousands and big amount of equipment. The nature for politics has no value at all. No priority .nothing . A UK size area burned down. This is huge catasrophe.
Slight issue on the read where you say "40,000 square metres" instead of "40,000 square kilometres". 1:10
Great spot, that's annoying 😣 thanks for pointing it out though
@@TLDRnews thought you might have a system for doing a single line replacement to touch it up. Ah well.
@@tantryl If you're a long time fan of this channel, there is at least one or two mistakes in every video they make. I still watch them though as they summarise politics for me.
tantryl sadly youtube does not allow you to edit
There are so many comments indicating a number of errors in this report, perhaps more research could have been done before airing to the public. What your Liberal PM seems to be doing is much like our Liberal PM is doing, not much for the whole country. Thank you to all the brave men and women working so hard to combat this disaster wether armed forces, support people ( from meals to shelters for ones who have lost their homes to the injured animals etc. ) thank you does not say enough for your compassion, dedication, your strength to keep going on to make a difference. The help from other countries because they know what it is like to be in dangerous situations and they genuinely care! You are showing your government that it is the people who have the power when the so called “ leaders” slough off. I honour you all, right down to ground you are fighting nature for, if I physically could I would find something to do but Parkinson’s disease prevents this, but I can add some money to the pot and hopefully it gets to those that need it!
Im from Gippsland. Thank you ❤
You CAN have too much solidarity! When your sell your own people’s security and needs, then it’s too much.
There’s truly something as too much altruism.
I know y’all didn’t mean it this way but the dramatization of your language - saying how the landscape is all ash and the sky was red and generally talking like this is a novel - makes it sound like someone’s trying to sensationalize the way it’s being reported. I know it’s how news is generally done but I’d rather just hear plainly what’s going on and why.
Xiilnek that’s exactly what it’s like
They weren't being rude to the PM, they were just saying hello in Australian!
You need to check your facts about arson. While nsw police have charged 183 people only about 23 were for arson. The rest were lighting fires during total fire bans that then got out of control. I usually like this channel but saying a lot of fire have be deliberately lit has been disproved and a right wing talking point to downplay the significance of climite change to these fires.
Thank you so much for raising awareness and money for this issue. I'm pretty safe in Melbourne but the effects of the fires are felt nationwide. It's a really scary time to be in Australia. Every little bit helps
I thought I was pretty safe in Melbourne too until the Plenty Gorge fire brought the flames 2km from my doorstep and several of my friends had to evacuate their houses.
@@godfreyozzy7128 Yeah my dad was evacuated from work because of that. Could smell the smoke from my home, and I was still a fair bit out of the way. Thank god for the firefighters, it could have been a lot worse
If about 1 km tp 2 km tree near to fire could cut and trees are taken far from fire areas then the fire can be controlled. Please spread this news to Australia if you can. Coust also reduced to half.
TLDR Australia channel when ?
If only the free shipping fee promotion came before Christmas... Anyway, I am happy with my purchase and well-summarized video as always!
"The Australian Federal Government has responded in a number of ways." - Such as advertising the cricket, and doing fuck all.
I don't know how people can vote liberal with the extremely poor leadership and handling of this crisis
It's called mass propaganda because Murdoch controls the media
I was talking to someone today who repeatedly and confidently emphasised that the fires were all the fault of the greens, and how this was all just part of a natural cycle. She was a very nice person who showed a lot of concern for others. The problem is the decades of relentless propaganda and brainwashing. I don't know what we can even do about it.
@@psych0536
Australians were voting for The Liberal party ever since Robert Menzies founded the party, from 1949 to 1983 Labour was only in powe for 2 years and 341 days. So other than that 2 years and 341 days liberal was in power for 3 and half decades. Bob Hawke is the only Labor Prime minister to serve a full term and get reelected.
The last time Labor got more votes than the coalition was 2007 (13 years ago) when Rudd beat Howard. In 2010 Abbott got more votes than Gilliard. 2007 was also the last time Labors vote went above the mid 30s% . (13 years ago)
The Hawke/Keatings government is the only longterm Labor government in Australian political history.
Australias voteing for the coalition predates Murdoch, if anything during Murdoch's power and influence is the only time Labor was able to form and have a longterm government.
I'm not saying Murdoch dosen't have influence, what I'm saying is, it's not as much influence as people claim also when you blame Labors defeat on Murdoch it ignores so many other factors like the coalition has been in government for about 75% of Australians political history and that the only longterm Labor government was a more right of center Labor government, Hawke and Keating did things like float the currency, deregulation of banks, introduced banking compation, gave the RBA control over interest rates, deregulation on industrial/work place laws, opened up Australia to tariff free trade, the first policy proposal for a GST comes from Labors 1983 Tax summit. (I'm very aware of the other things they did that could be considered left wing, I just labeled the things that appear right of center to make a point)
Things have multiple causes and those causes compet and are have an effect on each other. To say Australians only voted for the coalition because of Murdoch's papers is obsured theres so many other factors to consider. Do you even know how little read news papers are. Most are collapsing financially due to low circulation.
The state that launched Morrison and Lib. into Parliament is Queensland, a state that got rich by the maniacal drive to keep digging for coals and minerals while refusing to diversify the economy; exactly what ScoMo was proposing.
And since there is no just or loving God in Heaven, Queensland isn't burning.
Quxxy They will think you are brainwashed as well so there’s nothing you can do about it.
Just be civil, screaming at people and telling them they’re wrong has never convinced anybody of anything.
Thankyou for making a tldr news video on something other than politics for once.
It burns. End of explanation.
Welcome to Melbourne mate.
No thanks , I'll stay here 🇺🇸
@@Christinebanks11 Yellowstone: "Am I a joke to you?"
Australian bushfire deaths: 28
US gun deaths 2019: 15,000
I'll stay here 🇦🇺
Godfrey Ozzy and how many of those gun death were justified ? You dint even know do you ? Do you have any police reports ? No , you don't do you ?
user_mac01 yes, I've been there , save your money .
Thank you for this!
Sometimes politics shouldn't be the only thing you guys talk about. This is warmly received!
Writing in Australia? Where are you from?! Could you write anything on Australian politics? I'm interested in the Chinese and environmental side, specifically.
Atleast some of those fkn black widow and tarantulas would die too...
The one guy who decided to be a hermit in the outback is laughing now
Oh dear, it's been more than 200 years and the British still don't get that the Australian bush does not operate to the same rules as the Sussex countryside.
It's invalid to only compare areas burnt in Australia with the size of European countries (which are often tiny by comparison). A better comparison is what % of a state has been burned. NSW for example is about 80 million hectares (about 4 times the size of Great Britain, and it's hardly the biggest state), so a 4 million hectare burnt area represents 5% percent of the total area.
It's also not valid to compare fires in the Amazon rainforest directly with fires in Australian dry sclerophyll (eucalypt) forest. Rain forest is not fire adapted or tolerant at all. If burnt it is difficult for it to return to its something like it's original state. Eucalypt forest is the opposite. It needs occasional fire to thrive and will re-generate into a similar forest quite quickly. (The charred trees you see are not dead, they will soon start sprouting regrowth and recover) The process of regeneration also sequesters vast amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere; something that barely happens when rainforest is replaced by grassland for grazing. The European view of fire is that it is fundamentally destructive. But fires in the Australian environment are normal and necessary part of that environment, just like its plants and animals.
The 'half a billion animals are dead' also needs to be kept in proportion. That figure appears to have been based on typical populations in areas, but as far as I know doesn't take into account that many were already dead from severe drought. Australia always has cycles of drought every several years. It's a normal pattern of boom and bust for the species that inhabit it. Half a billion also about the same number of animals that are typically killed by feral cats in Australia over a similar period of time, but they're often smaller reptile, birds and mammals (not cuddly koalas), so the outrage doesn't arise. As the forest recovers, some animals will emerge from underground, some will fly back in (and enjoy a feast in the now open bush) and others will gradually re-enter from adjacent areas and 'islands' of unburnt fuel (like the valley where the ancient Wollemi Pines were protected).
Of course there are exceptions to this. There are patches of unusual biota in some areas (notably some of the alpine areas) that might not return in a similar way,. No place is ever exactly the same after any disturbance, even minor and gradual ones. A lot of folks still believe in the 'balance of nature' myth; that it naturally rebonds to what it was unless humans interfere. But pick up any good ecology text and you will find that 'the balance of nature' is a dated concept that is simply untrue, and that nature is always in a continuous and often chaotic process of change. Were that not the case evolution would not have occurred as it has.
By the way, the same weather phenomenon that's probably responsible for these fires (a strongly positive Indian Ocean Dipole) has now effectively ceased. Rain, storms and some hail have now occurred over most of the fire areas. BUT... Did you hear that Indonesia was also seriously affected by drought caused by the Indian Ocean Dipole. It broke there earlier on New Years Day with massive flooding in Jakarta and other areas, twice as many deaths as in the Australian fires and with vast amounts of animals affected. ......Isn't it amazing how news gets filtered for us.
you guys are really pumping out some great content, nice variety as well!!
I want to tell the truth to Australians, Hawaii is really beautiful.
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Thank goodness for this video and it’s support for the people of Australia, I’d hate to think that they’d need to seek refuge in another country. Worst case, I suppose they can always go to Manus Island.
It’s important to consider the impacts these fires are having on First Nations Peoples. The socio-cultural connection between First Nations groups and Country are not often understood by settlers, and therefore not regarded as important during times of crisis. As direct measurements of catastrophe such as homes lost lock focus on effected settler communities. First Nations voices, the needs of their communities and the pain incurred by these horrific fires often go un noticed. Reproducing ever familiar scenario in which black voices exist a white noise.
This of course is not to understate the impact this crisis is having on all effected people, but to bring attention to the often forgotten traditions owners of the land.
I’m Melbourne based, would love to have a chat if your round still :)
You mean the traditions of controlled burning to stop these out of control fires?... Blame the greens and climate protesters blocking the controlled hazard management in forests.
Thank you for this. And thank you for your help.
Side note at the beginning of the video you showed that state south Australia, when we talk about southern Australia we are talking about nsw, act, vic, sa, parts of wa and tas. I would have found it interesting your take on our pm forcibly shaking peoples hands
Good video.
But i am abit dissappointed that didn't mention the reason why bushfires get so extreme in Australia.
By how the flora is highly adapted to it to such a point that the flora is extremely flammable. Example being Eucalyptus trees that ignite by themselves if the temperature reaches high enough or if Eucalyptus oil is exposed to direct sunlight.
And that native fauna had been devastated by introduced wildlife. Much of this native fauna used to keep this flammable flora in check.
And throughout the years thus had become worse and worse
And controversial expansion into well known Bush territories. People settling in legally and illegally into highly fire prone areas.
There is enough water in the artesian basin under Australia to flood the whole of Australia in at 1 foot of water. Can that water be piped to surviving forests in order to prevent further bush fires in future.
ricardo alves short answer - no. That water is vital to hundreds of communities and farmers in providing them a reliable source of water especially in drought prone areas.
Water is a valuable resource in this country that needs to be used sparingly.
I saw a Bush fire once. Long story short never give your lightweight friends whiskey.
Make that A BILLION dead animals. A BILLION.
I would love it if you guys did some investigative journalism on the fund mis management of the State and Federal governmemts when it comes to our rurual fire service and national parks, possibly the water theft too if you really want to find some corruption. Love your work as always
James Wilson they could start a whole channel and go to town on this government, they’d have more content than Brexit explained!
Will the Queen help her convict colony? If England was burning would the royal family help out? Should it not be the same for her family in the Pacific. We have her flag on ours, her face on our coins but what does the royal family do to support us?
Terrible catastrophe. I wish the world used as much solidarity for other major events. Yeah, well...
i know this is not the point, but how why on earth would anyone go on holiday anywhere that was on fire? I know Ozzies are world-famous daredevils but...!
Less than 1% of Australia has been affected.
When you accidentally put fire on trees
Don’t go spreading lies TLDR only 23 people have been arrested due to arson.
I've read 23 charged but over 180 arrested from many sources.
"In NSW, 24 were apprehended and charged with deliberately lighting bushfires. A further 53 people are facing legal action for allegedly failing to comply with a total fire ban, while 47 others are accused of improperly discarding a lit cigarette or match outdoors, according to the state’s police force."
-the epoch times
Guys, please be a little more accurate next time. I mean it‘s not necessary to spell Greta Thunberg wrong in 2 ways.
It is Greta, her followers are Gretards.
Strange how the jungle was on fire and now Australia but it's shocking to hear they are going to shoot any camels they see,,,this is so cruel...don't do this...think how thirsty they must be and what they have been through they don't deserve to be treated so callus.
Camels are a pest in Australia, it is not their native habitat.
Everything that starts in the land down under is bound to come back up
*Midler
Not going on holiday would not have stopped the fires.
ricardo alves not going on holiday in the middle of a crisis would have been a good idea
This is where I believe our troops should be deployed to help other countries in disaster.
Umm, as a note, consumerism got us all into this mess. Very counterproductive to encourage consumption in order to help with a global crisis fueled by our insatiable desire for knick knacks. Great work on the video. Great work bringing attention to this issue.
8:50 Bette Miller?
I never thought I'd be grateful for our 90% humidity windless summers...but here we are.
netherlands?
South Korea, where we don't have just humidity, but endless sunny days with all the rain shoved into a 2-week period.
@@spoopytime9928 ah. here in the netherlands i is just always wet. because wel it is marschland and where at te end of multiple rivers. we dont have any wildfires because. wel its too wet for that.