Understorey: Fiery Reality Bites

Today, as a bushfire burns less than ten kilometres away from Canberra’s southernmost suburbs, Understorey picks up more of the story from Alison Sexton-Green (further east towards the coast) who shares stories about the waiting and strain and permanently packed car that represent the daily experience of living in fire-threatened district.  We learn about the state government’s neglect of national parks, the Murdoch media’s enthusiasm for coal at the very moment the bushfires gathered power, and what the community can do to help bushfire-affected areas. (Image: Alison Sexton-Green, 4 January, Monga looking to Deua)