Bushfire communities say NSW Independent Bushfire Inquiry recommendations could stop future blazes

Andrew Messenger
Updated July 28 2020 - 6:01pm, first published 6:00pm
SURVIVOR: Glen Innes Mayor Carol Sparks said the community will face future "unprecedented" fires. But she said she hopes a NSW inquiry will ask the state government to stop climate change she says is causing them. Photo: Andrew Messenger
SURVIVOR: Glen Innes Mayor Carol Sparks said the community will face future "unprecedented" fires. But she said she hopes a NSW inquiry will ask the state government to stop climate change she says is causing them. Photo: Andrew Messenger

Bushfire-battered communities across the New England hope the state government's inquiry into the Black Summer blazes will arm them with the tools to fight off the next "unprecedented" fires.

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Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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