That 'scientist' you mention has qualifications that wouldn't get him a job mopping floors alongside me at Pizza Hut. If he's a 'scientist' then a random dipshit on this forum is Albert Einstein. Quote is also from 2013.I'm just gonna leave this here
Scientist David Packham on what’s really causing the bushfires
I have a small 60 acre property in central Vic and the local CFA told me I could not do any hazard reduction burning and they had no resources to supervise a burn. I will re-apply this winter when cooler heads might prevail. I have two fire pumps and a 1,000 ltr tank mounted on a pallet, plus a backpack, clothes and shovel. I was told not to do anything and a permit would not be approved. slashing and bulldozing are my only resources apart from poison and ploughing. All have draw backs, all are harmfull one way or the other, most are too expensive. Very frustrated small holding farmer wanting to reduce fuel loads.
Also, you seem to fail at basic reading comprehension. Nobody is arguing that hazard reduction doesn't work. They're arguing that climate change (an empirical fact - Australia is getting hotter) makes it far less effective and more difficult to manage. Conservative governments have fucked it up mainly.