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Aussie105

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6. The tragedy goes deep.

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 10:40 PM

Dec 2019

The firefighters are mostly volunteers.

Young blokes, doing the hero thing.

A few have been killed, leaving behind young families.

Government talking heads do the 'thoughts and prayers' bit, but to go a bit deeper:

Life insurance: If you have some, does it cover getting killed fighting local wildfires?

Honestly, time to get serious, Australia. Paid service ($1K per day?) for the fire fighters, automatic health and life insurance cover for those that are injured or die on the job.

The problem of wildfires is no longer a job for a few enthusiastic locals.

'Thoughts and prayers' just doesn't cover it.

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