Australians can expect more concurrent and consecutive disaster events like those of the past year – with bushfires coinciding with drought and heatwaves, followed by storms and flooding, a major report into last summer’s catastrophic bushfires has warned.
The final report from the Royal Commission into the 2019-2020 bushfires was released on Friday, making 80 recommendations for how authorities could deal with future events.
Among its key recommendations are that the federal government have the power to declare a national emergency, a meeting of state and territory leaders like the…
