Australian MP: Two NSW Residents Who Burned To Death "Most Likely Voted For The Green Party"

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An Australian MP has been widely condemned for saying two people who died in bushfires in New South Wales were likely Greens voters, amid a debate about the government’s climate change policies.

Barnaby Joyce, a backbencher for the National Party, was asked if the NSW government had provided enough resources to reduce the hazards of wildfires.

“They may need more resources, but they also need legislation regulations that allow them to get in there and do it in a more substantial way,” he told Sky News Australia. “I acknowledge the two people who died were most likely people who voted for the Green party. So I’m not going to start attacking them, that’s the last thing I want to do.

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The friends of one of the victims, George Nole, said Mr Joyce’s comments were “just salt in the wounds”. “I don’t know what the hell Barnaby is going on about what people vote for at a time like this,” Aaron Hargreaves told the Sydney Morning Herald. He said he had spoken to several locals who were disgusted at Mr Joyce’s comments. “They said things you probably don’t want to print ... they’re pissed, they’re proper pissed. We’re pretty cranky with Barnaby right now, I must say.”

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-bushfires-mp-victims-most-likely-voted-greens-barnaby-joyce-scott-morrison-a9200161.html

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1. Barnaby Joyce

is the most Trump like politician we have here in Australia.
He simplifies things down to the level of absurdity, and does the Trumpesque blame shifting thing.

Truth is, weather here is getting more energetic, more unpredictable. Storms, floods, droughts, wildfires, more of them and more severe. I'm sure that sounds familiar to residents of the US.

The old methods of controlled burns in cooler weather to prevent large wildfires in summer, putting out spot fires during hot weather, etc, no longer work.

I've noticed that here in Adelaide, South Australia, the weather varies from one day to the next, it's unseasonal. Fluctuations from 32 degrees C to 17 degrees one day to the next. No joy growing chillies this spring, just like last year. Previous years were great.