Opinion: Better policy needed for volunteers who risk their lives

By Gillian Fennell
Updated January 21 2020 - 11:19am, first published January 20 2020 - 1:30pm
More support needed for volunteers who risk their lives
More support needed for volunteers who risk their lives

Opinion | The Gauge 

For a lot of Australians, the recent holiday period could hardly be described as a happy time. Fires swept across an estimated 10 million hectares of bush, forest, parks and farmland - only to be followed with severe storms and flooding. And this is on top of the drought that continues to grip vast swathes of the nation.

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