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Reminder the NSW government slashed rural firefighter services before these fires happened.

>>11293084
But they have been taking water illegally, our government just won't do anything about it because they're in bed with big corporations.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/mar/08/murray-darling-water-theft-allegations-nsw-to-prosecute-irrigators
>The regulator was today blasted by the state ombudsman for giving him figures on the number of enforcement actions and prosecutions it had initiated over a 15-month period when it had not taken any enforcement actions at all.

I honestly find it quite frustrating when foreigners such as yourself don't understand how terrible our government is with managing the environment, and how they are the main reason the fires are so bad.
Once again, and I can't stress this enough, they completely gutted our firefighters and this is what sets this year apart as being particularly bad.