Thanking our firefighters

11 September 2019

The word 'unprecedented' keeps being used in the context of bushfires burning in northern New South Wales and Queensland. These fires, some of them in rainforests, are shocking. But what's not unprecedented is the support that's been given by Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury rural fire volunteers. Many have travelled north. Some 22 went from the Blue Mountains yesterday and 24 are coming back today. They've been assisting in the Drake fire and fires around Armidale, and that's just a contingent from the Blue Mountains. From the Hawkesbury, we've had seven go to

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