Blaming climate change is BS simply because it doesn't make sense for Australia. 1. Australia on the global scale barely has an impact on climate change compared to other countries. 2. Several people are being arrested every week for lighting fires. 3. Fires don't just pop up in random areas nearly everyday So, let's agree for argument's sake that climate change has caused the droughts (even thought Tasmania and Victoria are experiencing high rainfall and cold weather), explain to me what Australia can do to have a significant affect on reducing global Co2 levels? Give more money to left-wing politicians? It's also key to remember back burning rates dropped due to Green Party policies and we have ex fire chiefs flying around the world and coming on tv to warn us that climate change is causing the fires. Even if all of us Aussies from today lived the vegan, electric socialist utopia, we would have immersible effects on the global scale.