New South Wales Still Burning
The latest news on the fire as the weather goes back to hot and dry with gusty winds.
Australia really needs to look seriously as air tankers, and expanding their fleet. They might consider the roll-on/roll-off systems for the C-130s that the US National Guard uses, as the RAAF also flies the Hercules.
Of course the conservative Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, says the UN climate official who linked the bushfires and climate change is talking through her hat, because his friends in the energy industry tell him there is no link, or something …