Our Black Summer proved two things beyond doubt: The unprecedented fires were a consequence of the unprecedented accumulation of explosive fuel, and koalas are under no threat of extinction. But the Coalition seems likely to be left in smoking ruins because the minor party is taking a stand against government policy based on green propaganda.  

In 2020, the world’s largest-ever fire from a single, in this case, natural ignition burnt more than half a million hectares of mostly wilderness northwest of Sydney.