{"id":4585,"date":"2019-12-11T19:12:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2019-12-11T19:12:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:12:34","slug":"labor-backs-call-for-national-bushfire-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/11\/labor-backs-call-for-national-bushfire-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Backs Call for National Bushfire Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor backs calls today from former fire and emergency chiefs to hold a national summit on bushfire preparedness in our changing climate.<br \/>\nWe have heard repeatedly from this group of ex-fire chiefs and organisations such as the Red Cross that our nation is not prepared for the increasing frequency and intensity of future natural disasters.<br \/>\nSo far this bushfire season, the Prime Minister has:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Refused to meet with ex-fire chiefs, who wanted to warn him about the dangerous conditions we now face,<\/li>\n<li>Dismissed Labor\u2019s suggestion to hold an urgent COAG meeting to ensure Australia was prepared for future bushfires and other natural disasters, and<\/li>\n<li>Rejected concerns about fatigue among our volunteer firefighters, saying \u201cthey want to be there\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s time Scott Morrison swallowed his pride, showed leadership and brought together fire chiefs, scientists, farmers and our defence forces, to plan for the future.<br \/>\nDisaster preparedness is a national issue which deserves national leadership.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, leadership is not what we see from the Prime Minister, who continue to bury his head in the sand, ignoring the warnings and pleas from experts, scientists and communities.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s time Scott Morrison listened to the experts and ensured Australia is disaster ready.<br \/>\nWe need a national plan to ensure Australia has the resources and coordination to effectively manage future bushfires and natural disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor backs calls today from former fire and emergency chiefs to hold a national summit on bushfire preparedness in our changing climate. We have heard repeatedly from this group of ex-fire chiefs and organisations such as the Red Cross that our nation is not prepared for the increasing frequency and intensity of future natural disasters. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/12\/11\/labor-backs-call-for-national-bushfire-summit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor Backs Call for National Bushfire Summit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}