Modern Australian

Making sense of Australia's bushfire crisis means asking hard questions – and listening to the answers

  • Written by Nicole Hasham, Section Editor: Energy + Environment
Making sense of Australia's bushfire crisis means asking hard questions – and listening to the answersWhen the immediate threat of this bushfire crisis passes, many questions will remain. Dean Lewins/AAP

Bushfires plunder lives and landscapes in myriad ways, but they often start the same way. A bright morning suddenly turns to night. Ash flutters down from the sky, propelled ahead of the roaring fire front. An awful red glow slinks over the horizon....