Bushfires in Australia

By August, things were getting weird.

Bushfires started in Victoria much earlier in the year than usual.

Swirling wind which fanned the flames along the gullies hampered the firemen.

Most of the men were surprised to be called into duty this early in the season.

We do carry those sorts of exposures in many landscapes, and the insurance industry understands that.

So we are looking for solutions, and this work is a really good example of understanding the past and trying to apply those understandings to the future but I completely agree it's got to be done sympathetically responsibly not with blaming um that's all from my point of view that's not really going to help we've got to focus on the things that we share in common and and that's really unifying and I think most Australians get Bushfire risk.

Most Australians get the fact that Aboriginal people were very skilful in managing country.

And there's this great opportunity to do something really interesting and to work with Aboriginal communities to walk together and find ways to make a lot of communities safer.