This BBC piece uses the 2019 fires to attack Australian attitudes and politics around IPCC “climate change” where many are demanding we “do more”.
The author seems to have missed that the BoM in Sep 2019 reported that an Antarctic phenomena referred to as “sudden stratospheric warming” was worsening the drought so as rainfall decreased; the chance of heatwaves rose and fire risk increased. It is all explained at my 5May2021 blog – ScoMo’s NRRA birthed in memory lapse.
>” … The author [BBC] seems to have missed that the BoM in Sep 2019 …”
I doubt they missed it. Rather, they assume (likely correctly) that the general public has missed or forgotten it. Yes, I do believe that the BBC and indeed the ABC are that dishonest.
It’s easy to remember the ABC’s utter discomfort when a respected scientist opined at a symposium that climate change did not cause drought, with no evidence that it did.
Thanks for your earlier article, Warwick.