It is endemic, however this year it has been particularly bad. Firstly, I can’t recall a fire season that went for this long. It’s getting well into it’s second

It is endemic, however this year it has been particularly bad. Firstly, I can’t recall a fire season that went for this long. It’s getting well into it’s second month now and doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Secondly, the fire fighters are saying that it has been exacerbated by a lack of fuel reduction (basically back-burning). This has been not from lack of wanting to do this, but the climate changed such that they have been unable to find sufficiently long enough periods to back-burn safely. So the answer is - as a nation we are used to, and expect, bushfires. They wouldn’t normally cause massive concern - which is probably why Scott Morrison went on holidays during bushfire season - but this year has been the worst in recorded history.