A New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service volunteer watches a fire in bushland during back-burning operations in bushland near the town of Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia in December 2019. Photo: Bloomberg
Australia’s May 21 election: after fires and floods, could climate change determine Saturday’s poll?
- A survey showed concern over climate change is rising, with 60 per cent of Australians agreeing ‘global warming is a serious and pressing problem’
- Many politicians have shied away from promoting renewable energy or trying to wean the country off fossil fuels for fear of a backlash from industry and voters
A New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service volunteer watches a fire in bushland during back-burning operations in bushland near the town of Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia in December 2019. Photo: Bloomberg
