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Why are Australia's bushfires so bad?

Doctor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a climatologist at UNSW Climate Change Research Centre, explains why the 2019 to 2020 Australian bushfires have been so dramatically different to previous summers.

Video journalist: Jack Burgess

(Image: Australian bushfires rage. Credit: Reuters.)

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