Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Earlier this year over 20 former fire chiefs and fire experts wrote to the Prime Minister warning of catastrophic fire risk because of the climate crisis and saying that Australia's services were unprepared, including in relation to water bombers. They asked to meet with the natural disaster and emergency management minister and the Prime Minister, but they were fobbed off. In fact, this morning they were insulted by Minister McCormack on national radio. Minister, why is the government ignoring these and other experts, and when will your government apologise to the people of New South Wales and Queensland who— (Time expired)