Saturday 23 November 2019

Quotes of the Week


"Looking back now and after going through it, we were never ever going to stop it. It was igniting 12 kilometres in front of the fire.”
[Toorooka farmer Carolyn Duff speaking about the November 2019 northern NSW bushfires, ABC News, 16 November 2019]

"They’re saying it’s the Greenies stopping us from doing these hazard-reduction burns,” one firefighter says. “It’s the lack of fucking resources and people to do it. No one joins up until the shit hits the fan.” 
[The Guardian reporting on November 2019 northern NSW bushfires, 17 November 2019]

Today is not the day to talk about climate change.” No, yesterday was, or the day before, or the month before, or the year before. But it didn’t get a mention. Now we have the reality, and the mention it gets is: “Don’t talk about it now.”
[Wytaliba resident Badja Sparks writing in The Guardian, 15 November 2019]

"The persistence of climate denialism in Australian politics reflects the wealth of mining and energy companies prepared to use a deeply flawed political system to wield power.” 
[Journalist Bernard Keane writing in Crikey, 18 November 2019]

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