Expectations of the role of the federal government rose substantially during the bushfires which spread across the eastern states in late 2019 and early 2020. They are rising again in response to the floods in New South Wales and Queensland.
Those fires were not the worst on record, if judged by the number of lives lost rather than hectares burnt or homes destroyed.
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