Welcome friends, James Corbett, here in a conversation that is being recorded on the 6th of February

2020. And for once, for once, I don't have to explain to a befuddled guest that I'm on the other

side of the dateline, so yes, it is the one day ahead of what you think it is. No, because I am joined by

someone on my side of the dateline, specifically Joe Nova, who you will know from, at the very

least, our previous conversation, although it's been quite a few years since that previous

conversation, so I will put the link to that in the show notes for this conversation in

case you want to go back and revisit that conversation. Did I say conversation four times in that

sentence? Maybe. At any rate, today we're going to be talking to Joe Nova of joannova.com.com.

And you can go and see, read her about page for all of the bona fides of her career in broadcasting and journalism and print and online and winner of blog awards and other such things. But I won't embarrass

her by reading that entire biography out here on air. Let's just say, Joe, Joe Nova, thank you

very much for joining us today. It's good to be here, James, and we do have a lot to talk about

with the bushfires. Exactly right. Yes, yes. Today we're going to be addressing the one of the major stories of

2020, at least the first few weeks of 2020, the Australian bushfires, which, as everyone

around the world knows, a horrendous, horrific situation that we are told, of course, by the usual outlets and the usual

people was, is another sign, yet more proof of climate change. Here it is, and you're looking,

this is what climate change looks like, right? Well, maybe not. And in fact, as I'm sure anyone

who's familiar with your work will know, but for people who aren't,

I will include links to some of your articles on this. For example, climate change is the

excuse to hide an inferno of incompetence. Heads must roll for the billion-dollar bushfire

mistakes, and 57 bushfire inquiries isn't enough. We need one more for leaders to hide behind. I think those

titles of those articles give some flavor of your coverage of this. But let's, let's inform people

about what is really happening there. It has. There's been an absolute scandal here in Australia.

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