News Exercise #313

1 How did a Minister of Natural Disaster and Emergency Management justify the Prime Minister’s vacation at this time?
2 How can the fires be extinguished?
3 What official label has been assigned to describe the situation?
4 According to Greg Mullins, how does the current situation compare with past cases?
5 According to Mullins, what needs to be done, and by whom?

Answers:
1 How did a Minister of Natural Disaster and Emergency Management justify the Prime Minister’s vacation at this time?
He said that sometimes politicians should get out of the hair of emergency services, but give them what they need.
2 How can the fires be extinguished?
Only sustained rain can do that, but there is little hope of that until February.
3 What official label has been assigned to describe the situation?
Catastrophic fire danger.
4 According to Greg Mullins, how does the current situation compare with past cases?
These fires are way out of proportion to anything they have experienced in history.
5 According to Mullins, what needs to be done, and by whom?
Australia needs to take moral leadership so that they can speak to the big emitters like Brazil, America, India and China.