Last week, a million hectares of eastern Australia was burnt in catastrophic bushfires. In the main, politicians refused to acknowledge the science that links these fires to climate change. Mike Seccombe on the political strategy behind these denials – and where it comes from.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

Background reading:

Actually, it is climate change in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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