SR,

I think that Graham has got your number. Your only excuse is that you echoed the lie put forward by the far left whinge rag the guardian. That the photo from the guardian clearly showed the Australian front page article on the fires makes it even more ludicrous.

Secondly that the Guardian claims moral superiority on the base that it almost completely filled its front page with a stock photo is a joke and is probably due to it having a lack of any other real news.

The amazing lack of knowledge of the emergency management structure
is something that will need attention.
The ridiculous criticism of the PM over the announcement of the Federal
government setting up a new organisation was amazing.
Anyone with any nous would know that the PM has to first inform the State Premiers.
He does not run around telling public servants first.
Where the PM can be criticised is that he did not give enough time for
the information to be disseminated by the Premier.
The TV is always on in Emergency Management Control centres so they
saw the public announcement and got their knickers in a twist.
The announcement does not have an immeadiate affect as most defense
assets were already in the field and the 3000 would take a day or two
to be organised.
They will not be firefighters but will be organised for the recovery.
Still, you don't criticise the commissioner as he is under significant
strain and may have been up all night. Reading between the lines I
think he understood the situation.

Every District and Local area has an Emergency Management Committee
which does not control Response function as that is the job or
whichever combat organisation is activated.
Currently it is the RFS.
There is a Disaster Plan, known as Displan.
It has three components, Preparation, Response ans Recovery.
We are currently mostly in Response mode but starting to activate recovery.
The committees provide anything the combat organisation requests,
food, buses for evacuation, communications support, such as the
organisation to which I belong that has sent a small team to Bega to
provide communication services.

It is a bit like a swan, gliding along on the surface but a hive of activity underneath.
Most of the activity never gets seen on TV.

Speaking of the current confusion and lies about climate change and bushfires, and what is to be done, economist and commentator, Peter Smith, writes that "idiots" and "charlatans" should not get a seat at the table.

"Idiots are those who, for example, blame Australia’s bushfires on climate change or, even more idiotically, who blame Scott Morrison because we haven’t done enough in Australia to reduce our CO2 emissions. These people are truly half-wits."

"Charlatans are those who make up facts to suit their purpose. They are not limited to but include all Greens, all socialists and all those making money from climate-change alarmism."

Not the sort of thing you will see printed in the Left gutter press or mentioned on the ABC.

Dear Bazz,

Why are you defending this bloke?

He said it was fine that he went off on his holiday while the country burnt saying "I don't hold a hose, mate, and I don't sit in a control room" all while happily ensconced in Hawaii.

Yet now that he has been forced back there are far more ADF assets which are under his direct control being deployed, he has announced payment relief for firefights and now called up thousands of reservists to assist.

Well mate, it is one or the other. He is a joke.

The Police have charged over 200 people with arson and cautioned about 50 people with illegally lighting fires. We do not have a Climate Crisis that causes fires; we have an arson crisis of mentally deranged people. This has been Australia's Twin Towers moment. Fires have been used to destroy property, native wildlife, businesses and struggling farms. This is intended to break the spirit of Australians; and wait; there will be new proposals by the Greens and left to introduce Marxist Socialism. Under their proposal; Let us have a new Marxist Republican constitution and the Government look after our lives that is why we have the expressed hatred of Scott Morrison who is conservative right.

I don't think Morrison can call up army or any reservists to fight fires. I believe the articles reservists sign allow call up only in the event of war.

My son is a navy reservist, & has been asked if he would like to volunteer. He has expertise in the high speed landing craft used by our amphibious ships Canberra & Adelaide, which will likely be used for rescue or to supply coastal towns cut off at the moment.

There is no call up as such, & I doubt there will be for navy. Perhaps the rules are different for army, but I doubt it.