In a terrible summer, the bushfire season still has months to run. The volunteers fighting the fires are exhausted and under-resourced. Rick Morton on whether we can meet the next bushfire crisis without radical changes. 

Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton. 

Background reading: 

The long, hot summer in The Saturday Paper 

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly 

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