Hey Ayame Tan,
"Armchair: did you bring him to a vet for a peaceful injection, or did you make the poor dog die unnaturally?"

He wasn't my dog, he was a friends.
I don't think 'Dash' needed any help to die, he just needed a little bit of help to live, help he sadly never got.
I don't think he was terminally ill.
Apparently he'd been a little sick and had foamed out at the mouth prior to me going over to my friends.
When I went over sometime later he seemed ok, happy to see me and playful. I told my friend that I'm not a vet, but that I thought he seemed alright. I told her that if he doesn't eat that might indicate something's wrong and that he'd need to go to the vet to get checked out.
I saw him eat a biscuit before I left, but noticed he looked a little underweight, but he certainly didn't look like he was on the verge of death.

But no, he wasn't put down by a vet.
He was found deceased in the yard late in the morning yesterday.

Making it worse was that it was a single mum and her 5yo daughters new member of the family.

I'm curious as to the reason he died so suddenly, I wonder if maybe he's been poisoned, a main road and footpath run along the back fence where he was found.

He's currently in mortuary care (chiller) and will likely be cremated as my friend does not own the property where she lives.

You don't need to virtue signal over having a loved pet put down,
I've done it before and all I have to say on that is that it was the final act of kindness I could give my best mate.
I really shouldn't have to justify myself to you on this.
My dog was terminally ill, but not this one though;
This one still had his whole life ahead of him, which is what makes it all the more sad and pointless.

R.I.P. Dashy

Thing of most worth governments could do is legislate to remove all vegetation clearance and conversion restrictions for private property. At least then those with foresight will be able to make their properties more fire safe. The clearing bans on freehold land shouldn't exist anyway. They're just communistic state control of private property.
Repealing the EPBC act would be a good place to start.
Of course it won't happen. What we'll get is more restriction on burning off and more restrictions on building construction.
There'll be inquiries. But we know what the findings and recommendations will be. More state control of private property. Anything else would equate to an admission that more "government" isn't the solution.

Craig Kelly on the spot:

http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/good-morning-britain-host-piers-morgan-rips-into-prime-minister-scott-morrison-over-bushfire-response/news-story/ab36d90238a1a357dc155c500fdd4d9f

PS Don't you just love it when Craig Kelly tries to tell Piers Morgan that this environmental crisis is just natural and we get it all the time.

'Beam up me Scotty!'

Oh yeah, "Mr Kelly we have to leave it there", a standard Leftists response when the argument goes the wrong way. ABC does it with accurate frequency.
Piers morgan turned out to be a Leftist fence-sitting git who's career will make a left turn from this !

The next big Media catch-cry will be water pollution when the ashes from the fires wash into the ocean in the next floods.
My guess is that absolutely zero is being done to prepare for that.
Now is the time to gauge absorption trenches across hill slopes & in low lying area to increase water absorption & prevent excess run-off ! The good thing is that such preventative work would be negligible in monetary terms but hugely beneficial for the environment ! The Army could easily do much of the work & if Govt had any foresight at all they would now introduce a National Service scheme that could also contribute to the cleaning up of our environment !
The need for volunteers would be reduced & they could instead stay home to safeguard their properties instead flying to the next State while their own homes burn ! It'd be win, win, win all around !